BTS | Table 3-23a: Total Wage (a) and Salary Accruals by Transportation Industry (Standard Industrial Classification [SIC] basis) (b)

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Table 3-23a: Total Wage^aand Salary Accruals by Transportation Industry (Standard Industrial Classification [SIC] basis)^b

(Current $ millions)

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
All industries	272,855	363,757	551,560	814,838	1,377,641	1,995,472	2,754,015	2,822,984	2,964,529	3,089,159	3,249,764	3,435,670	3,623,205	3,874,685	4,182,719	4,471,400	4,829,240
Transportation, total	14,629	17,276	24,505	34,512	59,247	72,556	95,323	97,978	102,840	106,514	113,248	118,964	125,351	133,638	144,919	154,811	163,555
Air	1,268	1,852	4,029	5,894	11,029	15,744	29,515	30,659	31,983	33,020	34,553	36,237	38,616	41,090	45,132	49,284	52,890
Trucking and warehousing	4,592	6,265	9,123	13,786	23,755	29,725	34,475	34,890	36,780	38,790	42,155	44,556	46,787	50,362	54,365	58,323	61,326
Local and interurban passenger transit	1,307	1,427	1,868	2,375	3,423	4,047	5,635	5,943	6,329	6,748	7,373	7,892	8,569	9,188	9,903	10,575	10,899
Railroad	5,498	5,446	6,268	8,108	12,850	11,861	10,726	10,877	11,511	11,147	11,171	11,203	11,502	11,733	12,611	12,610	12,409
Water	1,379	1,584	2,112	2,601	4,572	5,050	5,620	5,969	5,955	6,004	6,239	6,345	6,450	6,896	7,321	7,601	8,141
Pipeline, except natural gas	160	153	183	285	577	709	831	893	979	958	929	873	822	824	845	850	865
Transportation services^c	425	549	922	1,463	3,041	5,420	8,521	8,748	9,302	9,847	10,829	11,858	12,604	13,544	14,741	15,568	17,024

^aWages do not include supplements to wages and salaries such as pension, profit-sharing, and other retirement plans, and health, life, and unemployment insurance compensation.

^b The data in this table have been revised as a result of the Bureau of Economic Analysis' comprehensive revision of the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA).

^cEstablishments furnishing services incidental to transportation, such as forwarding and packing services and the arrangement of passenger and freight transportation.

NOTE

The Bureau of Economic Analysis provides these data on a SIC basis ending in 2000 and on a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) basis beginning in 1998 (see table 3-23b for data based on NAICS).

SOURCE

1960-2000: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Products Accounts, tables 6.3b and 6.3c, Internet site http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/dn1.htm as of Feb. 17, 2004.

Table 3-23a: Total Wagea and Salary Accruals by Transportation Industry (Standard Industrial Classification [SIC] basis)b

Table 3-23a: Total Wage^aand Salary Accruals by Transportation Industry (Standard Industrial Classification [SIC] basis)^b