| Industry/1/ | Method | Major source data/2/ |
| Agriculture, forestry, and fishing | Double deflation | |
| Mining | Double deflation | |
| Construction | Double deflation | |
| Manufacturing | Double deflation | |
| Transportation: | ||
| Double deflation | ||
| Double deflation | ||
| Double deflation | ||
| Extrapolation | BEA persons engaged in production. | |
| Double deflation | ||
| Double deflation | ||
| Extrapolation | BEA persons engaged in production. | |
| Communications | Double deflation | |
| Electric, gas, and sanitary services | Double deflation | |
| Wholesale trade | Double deflation | |
| Retail trade | Double deflation | |
| Finance, insurance, and real estate: | ||
| Extrapolation | BEA persons engaged in production. | |
| Extrapolation | BEA persons engaged in production. | |
| Double deflation | ||
| Double deflation | ||
| Double deflation | ||
| Double deflation | ||
| Direct deflation | Index of rent for office buildings from trade source and BEA estimates. | |
| Extrapolation | BEA persons engaged in production. | |
| Services | ||
| Double deflation | ||
| Double deflation | ||
| Extrapolation | BLS employment weighted by Census Bureau receipts. | |
| Double deflation | ||
| Double deflation | ||
| Double deflation | ||
| Double deflation | ||
| Double deflation | ||
| Double deflation | ||
| Double deflation | ||
| Direct deflation | BEA average wages and salaries per full-time equivalent employee. | |
| Direct deflation | BEA average wages and salaries per full-time equivalent employee. | |
| Direct deflation | BEA average wages and salaries per full-time equivalent employee. | |
| Direct deflation | BLS prices. | |
| Government | ||
| Extrapolation | National income and product accounts. | |
| Direct deflation | National income and product accounts. | |
| Extrapolation | BEA and Census Bureau employment and BLS output indexes. |
1. Titles are for the 1987 SIC; methods also apply to comparable industry in the 1972 SIC.
2. Source data provide either a price index for deflation of gross product originating or a quantity extrapolator of base-year value of gross product originating.
BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics