The following table shows the contributions of three-digit manufacturing industries to private nonfarm
business multifactor productivity. The Domar weighting scheme applied is based on the relative
importance of each industry to total private nonfarm business output.
Note that NAICS 334, computers and electronic products, made up an ever increasing
amount of the total contribution of manufacturing to multifactor productivity throughout the 1990s.
The contribution of NAICS 334 has leveled off in recent years.
Contributions of manufacturing industries to private nonfarm business multifactor productivity
NAICS
Code
Industry
311,312
313,314
315,316
321
322
Food, Beverage and Tobacco
Textiles
Apparel and Leather
Wood
Paper
323
324
325
326
327
1987-14
1987-90
1990-95
1995-00
-0.02
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.00
-0.13
0.02
0.00
0.02
-0.01
0.10
0.01
0.03
-0.02
0.00
-0.11
0.02
0.00
-0.01
0.00
Printing
Petroleum and Coal
Chemicals
Plastics and Rubber
Leather
0.01
0.02
-0.04
0.01
0.00
0.01
-0.03
-0.05
0.01
0.00
-0.01
0.05
-0.07
0.01
0.01
331
332
333
334
335
Primary metals
Fabricated metals
Machinery
Computers and Electronics
Electrical equipment
0.00
0.00
-0.01
0.39
-0.02
0.03
0.00
0.04
0.29
-0.04
336
337
339
Transportation equipment
Furniture
Miscellaneous Manufacturing
0.02
0.00
0.01
Total Manufacturing Contribution
Private Nonfarm Business MFP
0.33
0.91
2000-07
2007-14
2013-14
0.03
0.01
0.00
0.01
0.00
-0.06
0.00
-0.01
0.00
-0.01
-0.11
0.02
0.00
-0.01
-0.03
0.01
0.07
-0.03
0.03
0.00
0.02
-0.03
0.04
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.04
-0.13
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.22
-0.01
0.03
-0.03
0.00
0.03
-0.08
0.55
-0.04
0.01
-0.01
-0.05
0.90
-0.05
0.01
0.01
0.04
0.26
0.02
-0.01
-0.04
-0.02
0.08
0.00
-0.11
-0.01
-0.06
-0.05
0.00
-0.13
-0.01
0.04
-0.01
0.00
-0.01
0.02
0.00
0.02
0.11
0.00
0.01
0.01
-0.01
0.00
-0.14
-0.01
-0.01
0.05
0.66
0.49
0.54
0.75
1.46
0.54
1.38
-0.19
0.41
-0.32
0.72
Data are based on results discussed in Multifactor Productivity Trends, 2014
March 24, 2016, https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/prod3_03242016.pdf,
and in Multifactor Productivity Trends in Manufacturing, 2014
June 22, 2016, https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod5.pdf
Multifactor Productivity
Bureau of Labor Statistics
June 22, 2016