The American Five Year PlanThe frontierRow 22
Manufacturing labor productivity growth per year
−0.16% a year (2010–2025)3.0% a year
Anticipatory% a year
Why this row
Manufacturing labor productivity grew 4.06% a year from 1990 to 2007 and fell 0.16% a year from 2010 to 2025. Manufacturing employed 12.6 million people in August 2026 against 19.6 million at the 1979 peak, and 2025 was the third straight year of losses. Factory construction peaked near $250 billion a year in 2024 and has fallen by a third since. The row asks for 3% a year, below the 1990 to 2007 rate, and the audit publishes employment beside it because productivity can rise while jobs fall.
The path
| 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
a rate row; scored every year against 3.0
Each July 4 the row shows its baseline, this path, the latest official value and a status of ahead, on schedule or behind. As an anticipatory row it reports the public decisions that delayed it.