BTS | Table 3-19a: Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries (a) (Standard Industrial Classification [SIC] basis)

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Table 3-19a: Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries^a (Standard Industrial Classification [SIC] basis)

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SIC		1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
	TOTAL U.S. labor force^b	54,189	60,763	70,880	76,945	90,406	97,387	109,403	108,249	108,601	110,713	114,163	117,191	119,608	122,690	125,865	128,916	131,720	131,922	130,791
	Transportation-related labor force, total	5,160	5,737	6,128	7,834	8,488	9,211	10,093	9,836	9,713	9,858	10,189	10,501	10,215	11,002	11,262	11,523	11,664	11,585	11,343
	For-hire transportation industry, total	2,395	2,683	2,855	2,796	3,128	3,172	3,675	3,661	3,659	3,759	3,920	4,057	4,166	4,264	4,410	4,545	4,645	4,622	4,438
45	Air	191	229	352	363	453	522	968	962	964	988	1,023	1,068	1,107	1,134	1,181	1,227	1,280	1,266	1,161
42	Trucking and warehousing	856	964	1,083	1,108	1,280	1,361	1,395	1,378	1,385	1,444	1,526	1,587	1,637	1,677	1,744	1,810	1,847	1,848	1,826
41	Local and interurban passenger transit	284	269	281	270	265	277	338	354	361	379	404	419	437	452	469	478	476	479	472
413	Intercity and rural bus	41	42	43	40	38	35	26	24	23	22	24	24	24	22	24	24	25	25	23
411	Local and suburban	U	U	U	69	79	92	141	155	162	176	194	203	218	229	236	238	233	236	235
415	School bus^c	N	N	N	65	80	91	111	115	118	122	126	131	132	137	141	146	147	148	149
412	Taxi	121	110	106	85	53	38	32	32	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	31
	Other local and interurban^d	123	118	131	11	16	22	28	28	28	29	30	31	33	34	36	38	40	38	35
40	Railroad	885	735	634	548	532	359	279	262	254	248	241	238	231	227	231	235	237	234	229
44	Water	N	228	212	194	211	185	177	184	173	168	172	175	174	179	181	186	194	192	190
46	Liquid pipeline	23	20	18	18	21	19	19	19	19	18	17	15	15	14	14	13	14	15	15
492	Gas production and distribution	155	154	161	162	168	175	165	166	163	161	159	154	147	141	137	134	128	126	121
47	Transportation services^e	N	85	115	134	198	275	336	336	338	352	378	401	418	441	454	463	470	463	423
	Equipment manufacturing (SIC 37 and SIC 301), total	1,773	1,955	1,949	1,824	1,995	2,054	2,073	1,971	1,911	1,838	1,840	1,870	1,864	1,923	1,973	1,967	1,931	1,835	1,739
372	Aircraft and parts	605	601	644	499	633	616	712	669	612	542	482	451	458	501	525	496	464	461	410
371	Motor vehicles and equipment	724	843	799	792	789	883	812	789	813	837	909	971	967	986	995	1,018	1,017	947	912
374	Railroad equipment	43	56	51	57	71	33	33	30	29	31	35	38	36	34	37	38	36	30	27
373	Ship and boat building and repairing	141	160	172	194	221	187	188	177	170	159	158	160	159	158	167	167	168	161	158
301	Tires and inner tubes	105	102	116	124	115	94	84	81	81	82	79	80	80	78	80	79	79	75	72
	Other^f	155	193	167	157	167	241	244	225	207	188	177	172	165	167	168	168	168	161	161
	Related industries, total	461	522	613	2,498	2,694	3,336	3,672	3,532	3,508	3,612	3,782	3,930	4,086	4,186	4,251	4,368	4,442	4,473	4,479
553	Automotive and home supply stores	U	U	U	212	261	304	337	332	332	340	357	369	380	392	397	404	408	410	406
75	Automotive repair, services, and parking	U	U	U	439	571	730	914	882	881	925	968	1,020	1,080	1,120	1,145	1,196	1,234	1,257	1,263
554	Gasoline service stations	461	522	613	622	561	588	647	626	616	617	634	649	669	676	680	660	652	648	641
161	Highway and street construction	U	U	U	U	U	264	239	218	215	222	226	228	236	243	257	280	281	289	286
501	Motor vehicles, parts, and supplies	U	U	U	382	434	454	456	448	446	451	471	492	503	513	517	524	517	502	498
551	New and used car dealers	U	U	U	731	745	856	924	879	875	908	963	996	1,031	1,046	1,047	1,080	1,112	1,121	1,130
	Other automotive retail^g	N	N	N	112	122	140	155	146	143	148	163	176	187	197	208	223	239	246	256
	Government employment, total^h	532	577	711	716	671	649	673	672	635	650	647	644	99	629	629	643	646	654	686
	U.S. DOTⁱ	N	N	104	112	112	100	104	108	110	109	103	101	99	98	99	100	100	102	141
	State and local highway^j	532	577	607	604	559	549	569	564	525	541	544	543	(k) N	531	530	543	546	552	545

KEY: N = data do not exist; SIC = Standard Industrial Classification; U = data are not available.

^aAnnual averages.

^b Excludes farm employment.

^c Does not include drivers employed by school districts.

^dDifference between the total of SIC 41 and the sum of 411, 412, 413, and 415.

^eTransportation services are defined as services incidental to transportation, such as forwarding and packing; motor vehicle inspections; and freight broker, tour operator, and travel agency services, etc.

^f The difference between the total of SIC 37 and the sum of 371, 372, 373, and 374.

^g The difference between the total of SIC 55 and the sum of 551, 553, and 554.

^hNot all government agencies are included (e.g., the National Transportation Safety Board).

ⁱU.S. Department of Transportation was created in 1966. Data are for fiscal year and include permanent civilians as well as temporary employees and military.

^jFull-time equivalent employment. Data prior to 1986 are not directly comparable to data from later years due to a change in the way full-time equivalent was calculated. Full-time equivalent was not calculated for 1985.

^kDue to a change in the reference period, from October to March, the October 1996 Annual Survey of Government Employment and Payroll was not conducted.

NOTE

The employment totals in tables 3-19 and 3-20 differ. Table 3-19 shows employment in transportation and selected transportation-related industries. Table 3-20 shows employment by transportation occupation. Some employees of transportation industries have nontransportation jobs (e.g., a bookkeeper in a trucking firm), and some people with transportation occupations do not work in the transportation industry (e.g., a truck driver for a construction firm). Beginning in January 1999, data are not strictly comparable with data for 1998 and earlier years because of revisions in the population controls used in the household survey.

SOURCES

All data, except as noted:

1960-85: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment, Hours and Earnings, United States, 1909-1994 (Washington, DC: September 1994).

1990-2002: Ibid., Internet site www.bls.gov, database query for individual series as of June 11, 2003.

Government employment:

USDOT:

1970-75: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1976 (Washington, DC: 1976), table 409, and U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, G-WPM, Office of Military Personnel, personal communication.

1980-85: U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, DOT Employment Facts, A Report to Management (Washington, DC: Annual issues).

1990-2003: Ibid., DOT Workforce Demographics (Washington, DC : Annual issues).

State and local highway:

1960-91: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1993 (Washington, DC: 1993), table 500 and similar tables in earlier editions.

1992-2003: Ibid., Internet site http://www.census.gov/pub/govs/www/apesstl.html as of July 24, 2002 and July 6, 2004.

Table 3-19a: Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industriesa (Standard Industrial Classification [SIC] basis)

Table 3-19a: Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries^a (Standard Industrial Classification [SIC] basis)