Productivity by State — 2022 — 2023-05-25

Labor productivity in the private nonfarm sector declined in 37 states and the District of Columbia in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Output increased in 43 states and the District. Hours worked increased in 48 states and the District, and declined in Minnesota and Nebraska. Idaho experienced the highest growth in labor productivity, an increase of 4.0 percent. Labor productivity, output, and hours worked for select states, percent change, 2022 * Idaho was the only state to see productivity rise more than 2.0 percent (+4.0 percent). * Output growth exceeded 5.0 percent in Idaho (+5.4 percent) and Tennessee (+5.1 percent). * Nevada and Hawaii saw the highest growth in hours worked (+10.7 percent and +7.5 percent, respectively). * All seven states experiencing declines in output also recorded increases in hours worked: Alaska, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Dakota, and Oklahoma.