Factory Labor Productivity Revised Up to 2.90 for Q2 2026

Q2 2026 factory labor productivity was restated from 1.90 to 2.90, a 52.6% upward revision. Anything indexed to the first print — escalator clauses, quoted material adders, budget baselines — now sits 52.6% away from the official number.

• As first published: 1.90 (August 6, 2026)
• As restated: 2.90 (November 6, 2026)

Revisions of this size are routine for survey-based series — early prints are built on partial responses and completed later — but routine does not mean harmless. The first print was published August 6, 2026; the restatement landed November 6, 2026. Both values remain queryable: the vintage archive pins every number this series has ever shown, so a contract that referenced the Q2 2026 print can cite exactly what was published and when.

Source: BLS Productivity and Costs. The revised value is the agency's; the record of what it replaced is ours.