BTS | Table 3-19b: Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries (a) (North American Industry Classification System (NAICS] basis)

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Table 3-19b: Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries^a (North American Industry Classification System (NAICS] basis)

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NAICS Code		1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
	TOTAL U.S. labor force^b	54,296	60,874	71,006	77,069	90,528	97,511	109,487	108,374	108,726	110,844	114,291	117,298	119,708	122,776	125,930	128,993	131,785	131,826	130,341	129,999	131,435	(R) 133,703	136,174
	Transportation related labor force	2,114	2,058	2,227	2,924	2,878	3,345	12,086	11,777	11,617	11,738	12,095	12,448	12,191	12,997	13,267	13,545	13,678	13,514	13,192	12,933	12,970	(R) 13,109	13,198
48-49	Transportation and warehousing	U	U	U	2,620	2,961	3,012	3,476	3,463	3,462	3,554	3,701	3,838	3,935	4,027	4,168	4,300	4,410	4,372	4,224	4,185	4,249	(R) 4,361	4,466
481	Air transportation	U	U	U	U	U	U	529	525	520	517	511	511	526	542	563	586	614	615	564	528	515	501	487
4811	Scheduled air transportation	U	U	U	U	U	U	503	498	491	486	477	473	486	501	520	543	570	570	520	485	472	(R) 456	441
4812	Nonscheduled air transportation	U	U	U	U	U	U	27	27	29	31	34	38	40	41	43	44	45	45	44	(R) 43	43	(R) 44	45
482	Rail transportation	862	716	617	534	518	350	272	256	248	242	235	233	225	221	225	229	232	227	218	218	226	228	225
483	Water transportation	U	U	U	U	U	U	57	57	57	53	52	51	51	51	51	52	56	54	53	55	56	61	64
4831	Sea, coastal, and Great Lakes water transportation	U	U	U	U	U	U	35	36	35	33	33	32	32	32	32	33	36	34	32	34	35	37	41
4832	Inland water transportation	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U
484	Truck transportation	U	U	U	U	U	U	1,122	1,105	1,107	1,155	1,206	1,249	1,282	1,308	1,354	1,392	1,406	1,387	1,339	1,326	1352	(R) 1,398	1,437
4841	General freight trucking	U	U	U	U	U	U	807	795	797	831	867	901	924	942	976	1,002	1,013	992	952	935	950	(R) 981	1,004
4842	Specialized freight trucking	U	U	U	U	U	U	315	310	311	324	339	348	359	367	379	390	393	395	388	390	402	(R) 417	433
485	Transit and ground passenger transportation	U	U	U	U	U	U	274	284	288	(R) 300	317	328	339	350	363	371	372	375	381	382	385	389	394
4851	Urban transit systems	U	U	U	U	U	U	21	23	25	27	29	31	33	35	36	36	35	36	38	38	39	(R) 40	40
4852	Interurban and rural bus transportation	38	39	41	38	36	33	25	23	22	21	22	23	23	21	23	23	23	24	23	22	21	20	20
4853	Taxi and limousine service	U	U	U	U	U	U	57	59	58	61	64	66	68	70	72	73	72	71	68	67	66	(R) 66	70
4854	School and employee bus transportation	U	U	U	66	81	93	114	118	121	125	130	136	137	142	146	151	152	153	161	165	167	(R) 169	170
4855	Charter bus industry	U	U	U	11	15	21	26	27	27	28	28	29	31	32	34	36	38	37	36	33	32	(R) 31	30
4859	Other transit and ground passenger transportation	U	U	U	U	U	U	31	34	36	39	43	45	48	51	52	53	51	54	56	58	59	(R) 63	65
486	Pipeline transportation	U	U	U	U	U	U	60	61	60	59	57	54	51	50	48	47	46	45	42	40	38	38	39
4861	Pipeline transportation of crude oil	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U
4862	Pipeline transportation of natural gas	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U
4869	Other pipeline transportation	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U
487	Scenic and sightseeing transportation	U	U	U	U	U	U	16	17	18	19	21	22	23	25	25	26	28	29	26	27	27	(R) 29	27
4871	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, land	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U
4872	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, water	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U
4879	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, other	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U
488	Support activities for transportation	U	U	U	U	U	U	364	377	370	382	405	430	446	473	497	518	537	539	525	520	535	(R) 552	571
4881	Support activities for air transportation	U	U	U	U	U	U	96	96	96	99	101	104	109	115	124	133	141	140	139	136	142	(R) 148	155
4883	Support activities for water transportation	U	U	U	U	U	U	91	96	89	86	89	92	90	92	94	96	97	95	95	94	92	94	100
4884	Support activities for road transportation	U	U	U	U	U	U	35	36	38	41	45	49	53	57	60	63	66	69	70	72	76	79	81
4885	Freight transportation arrangement	U	U	U	U	U	U	111	115	114	120	130	143	149	161	166	172	178	179	168	167	171	(R) 177	180
4889	Support activities for other transportation, including rail	U	U	U	U	U	U	32	33	34	37	40	43	45	48	53	54	56	57	52	52	55	(R) 55	54
491	Postal service	591	619	741	699	673	750	825	813	800	793	821	850	867	866	881	890	880	873	842	809	(R) 782	774	770
492	Couriers and messengers	U	U	U	U	U	U	375	379	389	414	466	517	540	546	568	586	605	587	561	562	557	(R) 571	585
4921	Couriers	U	U	U	U	U	U	340	344	354	378	423	469	489	494	513	528	546	530	507	510	507	(R) 522	534
4922	Local messengers and local delivery	U	U	U	U	U	U	35	35	35	36	43	48	51	52	55	58	59	57	54	51	50	(R) 50	51
493	Warehousing and storage	U	U	U	U	U	U	407	403	406	413	431	444	452	462	474	494	514	514	517	528	558	(R) 595	636
	Transportation related manufacturing
324	Petroleum and coal products manufacturing	U	U	U	U	U	U	153	155	152	146	144	140	137	136	135	128	123	121	118	114	112	(R) 112	114
32621	Tire manufacturing^c	U	U	U	U	U	U	90	86	87	87	85	87	86	84	87	87	87	82	76	72	70	(R) 67	61
32622	Rubber and plastic hoses and belting manufacturing	U	U	U	29	31	26	25	23	23	24	26	27	27	28	29	30	30	29	28	28	28	29	29
334511	Search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical system and instrument manufacturing	U	U	U	U	U	354	280	256	226	201	175	158	158	159	163	161	149	150	148	145	151	157	158
336	Transportation equipment manufacturing	U	U	U	U	U	U	2,133	2,028	1,977	1,914	1,936	1,977	1,974	2,026	2,077	2,087	2,056	1,938	1,829	1,774	1,766	(R) 1,771	1,765
3361	Motor vehicle manufacturing	U	U	U	U	U	U	271	258	260	264	282	295	285	287	284	291	291	279	265	265	256	(R) 248	236
3362	Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing	U	U	U	U	U	U	130	120	126	136	151	160	155	158	170	184	183	159	152	153	165	171	180
3363	Motor vehicle parts manufacturing	U	U	U	U	U	U	653	639	661	678	736	787	800	809	818	837	840	775	734	708	692	(R) 678	654
3364	Aerospace product and parts manufacturing	U	U	U	U	U	U	841	784	711	624	552	514	514	555	579	547	517	511	470	442	442	(R) 455	472
3365	Railroad rolling stock manufacturing	U	U	U	U	U	U	31	28	27	29	33	35	33	32	35	35	33	28	23	23	25	(R) 27	28
3366	Ship and boat building	129	147	157	178	202	171	173	164	157	147	145	146	145	145	152	153	153	147	146	146	148	(R) 153	156
3369	Other transportation equipment manufacturing	U	U	U	U	U	U	35	35	36	37	38	40	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	(R) 39	40
	Other transportation related industries
2373	Highway, street, and bridge construction	U	U	U	U	U	U	289	267	264	271	274	278	288	294	308	336	340	346	346	340	347	(R) 351	349
4231	Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies merchant wholesalers	U	U	U	U	U	U	309	304	302	306	320	335	343	350	354	360	356	347	346	342	341	344	349
42386	Transportation equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers^d	U	U	U	U	U	U	35	34	33	31	31	32	33	35	37	40	39	36	34	32	32	(R) 33	34
4247	Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers	U	U	U	U	U	U	155	147	137	129	128	126	124	123	122	123	119	114	111	106	101	(R) 100	101
441	Motor vehicle parts dealers	U	U	U	U	U	U	1,494	1,435	1,428	1,475	1,565	1,627	1,686	1,723	1,741	1,797	1,847	1,855	1,879	1,883	1902	1,919	1,908
4411	Automobile dealers	U	U	U	769	783	904	983	938	935	970	1,032	1,072	1,113	1,135	1,142	1,180	1,217	1,225	1,253	1,254	1257	(R) 1,261	1,247
4412	Other motor vehicle dealers	U	U	U	U	U	U	93	84	81	83	91	97	101	105	110	121	132	136	142	149	159	(R) 166	169
4413	Automotive parts, accessories, and tire stores	U	U	U	U	U	U	418	413	413	422	443	459	471	484	489	496	499	493	485	480	487	(R) 491	492
447	Gasoline stations	U	U	U	U	U	U	910	889	876	881	902	922	946	956	961	944	936	925	896	882	876	871	861
5321	Automotive equipment rental and leasing	U	U	U	U	U	142	163	152	151	156	163	171	180	184	189	199	208	208	195	193	197	199	200
532411	Commercial air, rail, water transportation equipment rental and leasing	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U
5615	Travel arrangement and reservation services	U	U	U	U	U	U	250	240	245	256	271	281	294	302	304	297	299	285	252	235	226	224	227
6219	Other ambulatory health care services	U	U	U	U	U	U	99	107	114	125	135	143	154	164	171	173	173	180	187	195	200	(R) 206	216
8111	Automotive repair and maintenance	U	U	U	U	U	U	659	636	636	670	701	738	781	811	828	864	888	904	900	894	891	(R) 886	887
81293	Parking lots and garages	U	U	U	U	U	U	68	69	68	70	71	75	78	82	85	89	93	96	96	100	102	(R) 103	105
92612	Regulation and administration of transportation programs	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U
	Government employment, total^e	532	577	711	716	671	649	673	672	635	650	647	644	99	647	629	642	646	654	686	605	600	602	599
	U.S. DOT^f	N	N	104	112	112	100	104	108	110	109	103	101	99	98	99	100	100	102	141	59	57	56	54
	State and Local Highway^g	532	577	607	604	559	549	569	564	525	541	544	543	(h) N	548	530	543	546	552	545	546	543	546	545

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available

^a Annual averages.

^bExcludes farm employment.

^cIncludes tire manufacturing and tire retreading.

^dDoes not include motor vehicle wholesalers.

^e Not all government agencies are included (e.g., the National Transportation Safety Board).

^f The U.S. Department of Transportation was created in 1966. Data are for fiscal year and include permanent civilians as well as temporary employees and military. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) were transferred to the Department of Homeland Security in 2003.

^gFull-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.

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

SOURCES

All data, except as noted:

1960-2006: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Data, National Employment Hours and Earnings, table B-1, Internet site http://www.bls.gov/data/sa.htm, database query as of September 2007.

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).

2004-06: Ibid., DOT Workforce Demographics, Demographics by Year, Internet site http://dothr.ost.dot.gov/workforceinfo/demographics.htm as of September 2007.

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.

1992-2006: Ibid., Internet site http://www.census.gov/pub/govs/www/apesstl.html as of September 2007.

Table 3-19b: Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industriesa (North American Industry Classification System (NAICS] basis)

Table 3-19b: Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries^a (North American Industry Classification System (NAICS] basis)