US Productivity and Costs - Third Quarter 2025, Revised

Nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased 4.9 percent in the third quarter of 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today, as output increased 5.4 percent and hours worked increased 0.5 percent. (All quarterly percent changes in this release are seasonally adjusted annualized rates.) From the same quarter a year ago, nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased 1.9 percent in the third quarter of 2025. These rates were unrevised from the preliminary estimates released on January 8, 2026. (See tables A1 and 2.) Unit labor costs in the nonfarm business sector decreased 1.9 percent in the ... (