Productivity and Costs by Industry: Selected Service-Providing Industries News Release — 2018-05-17

Labor productivity rose in 20 of 28 selected service-providing industries in 2017, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today, the same as in 2016. Output increased in 19 industries in 2017, fewer than in 2016, while hours increased in more industries. Long term measures of productivity and cost through 2016 are available for 58 industries. * Labor productivity increased in 20 of 28 industries in 2017. Among those with increasing productivity, output grew in 16 industries. * Hours worked grew in 16 of the 28 industries. * Productivity gains of at least 7.0 percent occurred in 3 industries where output increases coincided with declines in hours worked: amusement parks and arcades (13.7 percent), wireless telecommunications carriers (11.1 percent), and gambling industries (7.9 percent). * Hours worked increased in 7 out of the 8 industries which recorded declines in productivity.