BTS | Table 3-24. Labor Productivity Indices for Selected Transportation Industries

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Table 3-24. Labor Productivity Indices for Selected Transportation Industries

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Output per hour^a worked
Air^b	N	N	N	N	N	N	93	93	97	100	106	109	111	112	109
Bus, Class I^c	106	128	118	107	111	96	95	101	103	106	96	105	^R101	118	99
Railroad	22	32	36	43	55	82	119	128	140	145	150	156	^R167	170	U
Trucking, except local^b	N	N	N	N	N	N	111	117	123	127	130	125	131	132	130
Petroleum pipelines^c	31	49	76	91	89	100	103	99	100	104	108	116	131	134	136
Output per employee^d
Air	22	35	45	56	71	92	93	93	97	100	106	109	111	112	109
Bus, Class I^c	108	129	119	103	99	93	94	99	100	104	93	100	^R98	114	98
Railroad	25	36	42	46	55	79	120	125	134	142	153	162	172	177	U
Trucking, except local	48	56	60	64	78	94	111	117	123	127	130	125	131	132	130
Petroleum pipelines^c	30	48	75	89	89	98	102	98	99	104	112	121	139	141	145

^a Based on the number of paid hours.
^bThe average weekly hours were assumed to be constant for these industries; therefore, the output per hour worked and the output per employee measures are identical in the years for which data are given for both measures
^c Data did not meet the publication standards for the Bureau of Labor Statistics and are considered less reliable than the published series.
^d Full-time and part-time employees are counted equally. Hence, these data do not reflect output per full-time equivalent employee.

^{KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised; U =data are not available.}

NOTE: Index, 1987 = 100.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Industry Productivity, Internet site www.bls.gov/iprhome.htm, as of May 16, 2000, and unpublished data.