Manufacturing -- Durable Goods Productivity: Output per hour of all persons, by industry /1 Lumber Stone Primary Fab. Industr. Instruments Motor Other Misc. & wood Furniture clay metal metal mach. & electr. vehicles transp. manuf. Durable products & fixtures & glass inds. prods. & equip SIC 36_38 & equip equip inds. Goods SIC 24 SIC 25 SIC 32 SIC 33 SIC 34 SIC 35 /2 SIC 371 SIC 379 SIC 39 ------- -------- ---------- ------- ------- ------ -------- ----------- -------- ------- ------ 1977 19.19 17.36 13.66 18.90 23.11 19.06 11.23 18.39 42.52 29.28 17.54 1978 19.17 16.71 13.98 18.35 24.25 18.62 11.78 18.45 41.03 27.45 16.33 1979 18.88 16.48 13.55 17.91 23.46 18.87 11.89 18.83 37.89 26.15 15.83 1980 19.15 17.40 15.20 17.57 24.94 19.68 12.50 19.75 32.26 25.86 14.45 1981 19.94 16.88 15.36 17.19 26.35 21.05 13.65 20.23 35.53 22.33 16.78 1982 20.25 18.86 15.46 16.13 24.84 21.48 13.80 19.65 34.95 30.84 17.17 1983 21.28 19.51 16.03 18.44 21.79 22.64 15.70 20.57 39.40 30.12 16.67 1984 22.82 21.11 16.76 19.00 24.23 23.48 16.74 21.71 44.96 30.54 19.75 1985 23.40 21.60 16.64 19.90 23.65 23.88 18.32 21.94 44.47 29.67 21.78 1986 23.78 22.80 15.76 20.84 27.45 24.19 19.01 22.26 42.52 29.50 20.97 1987 25.55 23.96 16.29 20.46 26.06 26.18 22.41 24.18 42.19 33.46 22.83 1988 26.95 23.46 16.13 20.70 26.20 26.69 24.83 26.89 43.93 33.92 24.73 1989 26.84 22.95 15.99 21.78 25.16 26.06 26.16 27.91 38.46 31.74 24.97 1990 27.18 22.37 15.63 22.53 25.58 25.92 26.91 29.52 36.28 30.60 26.90 1991 27.11 22.76 15.77 21.57 26.93 25.50 25.70 31.58 30.68 30.43 26.24 1992 27.88 20.63 16.62 23.75 28.16 26.28 28.01 32.43 33.07 29.44 24.17 1993 28.84 17.51 17.64 23.10 30.19 27.34 29.17 34.98 35.75 29.33 24.22 1994 30.68 18.32 17.82 23.28 29.27 29.01 31.11 39.90 39.18 27.52 24.91 /2 As described in the footnote on Table 15 (page 155) of the August 1996 Survey of Current Business, 'The combination of 1987 industries electronic and electric equipment (SIC 36) and instruments and related products (SIC 38) is the equivalent of the 1972 SIC indsutries electric and electronic equip- ment (SIC 36) and instruments and related products (SIC 38).'