Chart 13. Annualized quarter-to-quarter percent change in labor productivity in the nonfarm business sector, old versus new method, seasonally adjusted, second quarter 2000 to fourth quarter 2022
Date Old New

Q2 2000

7.8 8.3

Q3 2000

-0.1 -0.2

Q4 2000

4.0 3.8

Q1 2001

-2.0 -1.4

Q2 2001

7.1 6.7

Q3 2001

2.4 2.2

Q4 2001

5.1 5.0

Q1 2002

8.5 7.8

Q2 2002

0.8 1.6

Q3 2002

3.0 2.8

Q4 2002

-0.4 0.1

Q1 2003

3.9 3.4

Q2 2003

5.4 5.6

Q3 2003

9.1 9.2

Q4 2003

3.8 4.0

Q1 2004

-1.0 -1.5

Q2 2004

4.1 4.1

Q3 2004

1.7 2.5

Q4 2004

2.0 1.9

Q1 2005

4.7 4.4

Q2 2005

-0.8 -0.5

Q3 2005

2.5 1.6

Q4 2005

0.4 0.6

Q1 2006

3.0 3.5

Q2 2006

-0.7 -0.7

Q3 2006

-0.9 -0.9

Q4 2006

2.8 3.2

Q1 2007

0.6 0.4

Q2 2007

1.1 0.9

Q3 2007

4.2 3.8

Q4 2007

3.3 3.3

Q1 2008

-2.5 -2.5

Q2 2008

4.4 4.5

Q3 2008

1.1 0.9

Q4 2008

-1.1 -1.8

Q1 2009

3.7 4.6

Q2 2009

9.1 9.3

Q3 2009

6.0 6.4

Q4 2009

5.9 6.0

Q1 2010

1.0 0.4

Q2 2010

1.0 1.0

Q3 2010

2.9 2.6

Q4 2010

1.1 1.4

Q1 2011

-2.8 -3.1

Q2 2011

-0.1 0.1

Q3 2011

-1.0 -0.8

Q4 2011

2.3 2.2

Q1 2012

1.6 1.8

Q2 2012

1.9 2.2

Q3 2012

-0.9 -1.2

Q4 2012

-1.5 -1.6

Q1 2013

2.0 1.4

Q2 2013

-1.4 -1.1

Q3 2013

2.1 2.6

Q4 2013

3.1 3.0

Q1 2014

-4.1 -3.5

Q2 2014

3.5 2.7

Q3 2014

3.3 3.3

Q4 2014

-2.1 -1.7

Q1 2015

2.8 1.9

Q2 2015

1.4 1.9

Q3 2015

1.2 0.7

Q4 2015

-2.2 -2.1

Q1 2016

1.1 1.7

Q2 2016

0.0 0.3

Q3 2016

1.8 0.9

Q4 2016

2.4 2.6

Q1 2017

0.2 0.4

Q2 2017

-0.4 -0.1

Q3 2017

4.0 3.4

Q4 2017

1.8 2.4

Q1 2018

1.2 1.2

Q2 2018

1.2 1.0

Q3 2018

1.5 1.5

Q4 2018

-0.3 -0.1

Q1 2019

3.2 2.6

Q2 2019

2.2 1.8

Q3 2019

2.4 3.4

Q4 2019

2.6 2.4

Q1 2020

-1.4 -1.6

Q2 2020

17.9 17.8

Q3 2020

7.2 7.9

Q4 2020

-3.9 -3.9

Q1 2021

3.0 3.0

Q2 2021

2.7 2.5

Q3 2021

-2.4 -2.4

Q4 2021

4.5 3.9

Q1 2022

-5.9 -6.0

Q2 2022

-4.1 -3.5

Q3 2022

1.4 1.0

Q4 2022

3.0 3.1

Note: Q1 = first quarter, Q2 = second quarter, Q3 = third quarter, and Q4 = fourth quarter.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.