Productivity and Costs by Industry: Manufacturing and Mining Industries News Release - 2021 A01 Results — 2022-04-28

Labor productivity rose in 47 of the 86 four-digit NAICS manufacturing industries in 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The railroad rolling stock industry had the largest productivity gain with an increase of 20.6 percent. Four out of the five industries in the mining sector posted productivity gains in 2021 with the greatest increase occurring in the coal mining industry with a gain of 18.3 percent. Increases in both output and hours worked were widespread among manufacturing and mining industries in 2021. Output rose in approximately three-quarters of detailed industries in 2021 and two-thirds had growth in hours worked. Forty-three industries increased both output and hours worked in 2021. Within this set of industries, almost half had rising labor productivity. Manufacturing * Labor productivity increased in 10 of the 21 three-digit NAICS manufacturing industries in 2021.