Figure 2: Labor Productivity in Transportation and U.S. Business,,,,

,Air Transportation,Line-haul Railroads,General freight trucking -long distance,U.S. Business Sector
1990,100,100,100,100
1991,100.9,107.9,104.5,101.2
1992,105,117.9,110.2,104.9
1993,109.3,122.8,108,105.5
1994,117.2,126.9,110.8,106.7
1995,123,131.8,107.8,107.3
1996,127.5,141,108.1,110.3
1997,129,143.3,113,112.7
1998,125.9,146.3,112,115.6
1999,126.7,154,115.4,118.6
2000,126.7,165.3,118.9,122.2
2001,118.6,176.4,116.7,124.7

Sources: The data on which this chart is based were obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics internet site. For the three transportation industries: ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/opt/dipts/ipr.aiin.txt. For Private Business: http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet.