Official release series Productivity and Costs
When is the next Productivity and Costs release?
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) calendar puts the next Productivity and Costs at 8:30 AM EDT on Thursday, Sep 3, 2026. Every one of the 16 dated entries lands at 8:30 AM Eastern, at a rate of 8.2 a year, on an interval that does not settle, across the run from Feb 6, 2025 to Dec 8, 2026.
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- Chicago 7:30 AM Thursday
- New York 8:30 AM Thursday
- London 1:30 PM Thursday
- Frankfurt 2:30 PM Thursday
- Mumbai 6:00 PM Thursday
- Tokyo 9:30 PM Thursday
- Sydney 10:30 PM Thursday
What it measuresProductivity and Costs, in one paragraph
Productivity and Costs measures output per hour worked and unit labor costs for the U.S. business and nonfarm business sectors. It is the quarterly read on whether pay increases are being absorbed by output or by prices.
What JMM reads first
Unit labor cost is the line that decides whether a wage increase is inflationary. Pay rising faster than output per hour is a cost pressure; pay rising with it is not. This release is also revised heavily, so a first estimate is a draft.
Measured scheduleHow the Productivity and Costs calendar behaves
- Interval between entries
- A median of 33 days, but the intervals do not cluster: they run 19 to 126 days, so the rate is the better reading.
- Entries per year across the span
- 8.2 over Feb 6, 2025 to Dec 8, 2026
- Release time
- 8:30 AM Eastern on every one of the 16 entries, which resolves to 2 different UTC times across daylight saving.
- Usual weekday
- Thursday on 14 of 16 entries
- Widest interval in the run
- 126 days, between Sep 4, 2025 and Jan 8, 2026
Every dated entry16 Productivity and Costs dates on record
Productivity and Costs release dates in 2026 10 dates , 3 still ahead
| Date | Time (ET) | Weekday | Status | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | Thursday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 8:30 AM | Thursday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 8:30 AM | Thursday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 8:30 AM | Tuesday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 8:30 AM | Thursday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 8:30 AM | Thursday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 8:30 AM | Thursday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 8:30 AM | Thursday | Scheduled | Open event | |
| 8:30 AM | Thursday | Scheduled | Open event | |
| 8:30 AM | Tuesday | Scheduled | Open event |
Productivity and Costs release dates in 2025 6 dates
| Date | Time (ET) | Weekday | Status | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | Thursday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 8:30 AM | Thursday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 8:30 AM | Thursday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 8:30 AM | Thursday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 8:30 AM | Thursday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 8:30 AM | Thursday | Awaiting receipt | Open event |
Scheduled is still ahead of the last collection. Published has a separate official receipt; Awaiting receipt has only the source schedule.
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Schedule source. Dates retain its timezone; Published appears only after JMM captures a separate release receipt. The calendar download uses these same records.
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