The UK photonics industry had an average productivity, measured in gross value added to the economy per photonics employee of £76,400 in 2018. As published in 2019, this is 14% higher than the average productivity in UK manufacturing. But how do different firms compare?
![Distribution of UK photonics productivity](https://i0.wp.com/photonicsuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/UK-Photonics-productivity_2018-data.png?resize=373%2C298&ssl=1)
The latest analysis of data by the PLG shows the distribution of productivity in the UK photonics industry for firms employing more than 10 people and producing more than 20% photonics.
The asymmetrical distribution shows there are many UK photonics firms with substantially higher productivity, with 15% of firms contributing over £100,000 per photonics employee to the economy