Selected Service-Providing Industries, 2025 — 2026-08-26

Labor productivity rose in 15 of 30 selected service-providing industries in 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Output rose in 18 industries in 2025 while hours worked increased in the same number of industries. Productivity ranged from a 10.8-percent decline in wired telecommunications carriers to a 12.9-percent gain in software publishers. Unit labor costs increased in 24 of 30 selected industries in 2025. Couriers and messengers had the highest increase in unit labor costs (+12.2 percent). The ten largest industries by number of workers represent 81.4 percent of all workers in the selected service-providing industries covered by this news release. Among these ten industries, productivity growth was greatest in software publishers (+12.9 percent) after rising 4.0 percent in 2024. Couriers and messengers posted the steepest productivity decline - falling 8.5 percent in 2025. � Seven industries had simultaneous growth in output and declines in hours worked.