Seattle ranks among top metros for labor productivity

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Seattle metro employees are not only more productive than workers in other parts of the country, they’re widening their lead, data shows.

A recent McKinsey & Co. report on worker productivity found that while Seattle-area employees were 16% more productive than average nationally in 2007, the gap grew to 38% by 2019. The study defines labor productivity as economic output per hour worked.

The Seattle area’s real gross domestic product per employee in 2019 was $172,437 — the third-highest in the nation.

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Meanwhile, Washington ranked second among states for labor output and productivity growth in 2019.

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2023/03/31/mckinsey-report-productivity.html

[fierywoman]

1. Seattle recording musicians (non-union, meaning they don't get residuals) are known

to be able to produce/record twice as many minutes per hour than their Los Angeles (union) colleagues ...

(And, no, I'm not dissing unions.)