Two productivity measures are created:

• Output per hour
  
• Total factor productivity (cost-share-based; previously called multifactor productivity)

Productivity measures are created using:

• Establishment-level data
  • Annual Survey of Manufactures
  • Economic Census - Census of Manufactures
    
  • Longitudinal Business Database  
• Industry-level data
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics productivity statistics, deflators, depreciation rates
  • Bureau of Economic Analysis deflators, depreciation rates
  • NBER-CES Manufacturing Industry Database  

For detailed information on methodology see:

Blackwood, G. Jacob, Cheryl Grim, Rachel Nesbit, Cody Tuttle, and Zoltan Wolf. 2023. “Collaborative Micro-productivity Project: Establishment-Level Productivity Dataset, 1972-2020.” CES Discussion Paper Series, CES-WP-23-65.

Cunningham, Cindy, Lucia Foster, Cheryl Grim, John Haltiwanger, Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia, Jay Stewart, and Zoltan Wolf. 2023.  “Dispersion in Dispersion:  Measuring Establishment-Level Differences in Productivity.” Review of Income and Wealth, 69(4): 999-1032.  [Earlier version: CES Discussion Paper Series, CES-WP-18-25RRR (2022)].  

Questions?  Contact us at ces.disp@census.gov.