BTS | Table 3-19: Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries (a)

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Table 3-19: Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries^a

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SIC		1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
	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	^R125,865	^R128,916	131,759
	For-hire transportation industry
45	Air	191	229	352	363	453	522	968	962	964	988	1,023	1,068	1,107	1,134	^R1,181	^R1,227	1,281
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	^R1,744	^R1,810	1,856
41	Local and interurban passenger transit
413	Intercity and rural bus	41	42	43	40	38	35	26	24	23	22	24	24	24	22	^R24	^R24	24
411	Local and suburban	U	U	U	69	79	92	141	155	162	176	194	203	218	229	^R236	^R238	233
415	School bus^c	N	N	N	65	80	91	111	115	118	122	126	131	132	137	141	^R146	147
412	Taxi	121	110	106	85	53	38	32	32	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	^R32	32
	Other local and interurban^d	123	118	131	11	16	22	28	28	28	29	30	31	33	34	^R36	^R38	41
40	Railroad	885	735	634	548	532	359	279	262	254	248	241	238	231	227	231	^R235	236
44	Water	N	228	212	194	211	185	177	184	173	168	172	175	174	179	^R181	^R186	196
46	Liquid pipeline	23	20	18	18	21	19	19	19	19	18	17	15	15	14	14	13	14
492	Natural gas pipeline^e
	Distribution	N	N	N	51	52	62	65	63	66	62	62	62	80	75	^R71	72	U
	Transmission	31	30	32	37	45	46	37	38	46	34	31	28	32	28	28	32	U
	Integrated	N	N	N	55	53	43	40	40	35	39	39	36	13	12	^R12	6	U
	Combination	N	N	N	52	52	53	50	50	50	48	43	42	39	31	^R31	28	U
	Noninvestor-owned	N	N	N	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	16	9	^R12	12	U
47	Transportation services^f	N	85	115	134	198	275	336	336	338	352	378	401	418	441	^R454	^R463	471
	Total for-hire transportation	2,271	^R2,560	2,726	2,841	3,175	3,214	3,715	3,697	3,704	3,792	3,948	4,083	^R4,199	4,278	^R4,427	^R4,562	U
37	Equipment manufacturing
372	Aircraft and parts	605	601	644	499	633	616	712	669	612	542	482	451	458	501	^R525	^R496	465
371	Motor vehicles and equipment	724	843	799	792	789	883	812	789	813	837	909	971	967	986	^R995	^R1,018	1,013
374	Railroad equipment	43	56	51	57	71	33	33	30	29	31	35	38	36	34	37	^R38	36
373	Ship and boat building and repairing	141	160	172	194	221	187	188	177	170	159	158	160	159	158	^R167	^R167	166
301	Tires and inner tubes	105	102	116	124	115	94	84	81	81	82	79	80	80	78	^R80	^R79	79
	Other^g	155	193	167	157	167	241	244	225	207	188	177	172	165	167	168	^R168	169
	Total SIC 37 and SIC 301	1,773	1,955	1,949	1,824	1,995	2,054	2,073	1,971	1,911	1,838	1,840	^R1,870	1,864	1,923	^R1,973	^R1,967	1,928
	Related industries
553	Automotive and home supply stores	U	U	U	212	261	304	337	332	332	340	357	369	380	392	^R397	^R404	407
75	Automotive repair, services, and parking	U	U	U	439	571	730	914	882	881	925	968	1,020	1,080	1,120	^R1,145	^R1,196	1,248
554	Gasoline service stations	461	522	613	622	561	588	647	626	616	617	634	649	669	676	^R680	^R660	653
161	Highway and street construction	U	U	U	U	U	264	239	218	215	222	226	228	236	243	^R257	^R280	280
501	Motor vehicles, parts, and supplies	U	U	U	382	434	454	456	448	446	451	471	492	503	513	^R517	^R524	523
551	New and used car dealers	U	U	U	731	745	856	924	879	875	908	963	996	1,031	1,046	^R1,047	^R1,080	1,114
	Other automotive retail^h	N	N	N	112	122	140	155	146	143	148	163	176	187	197	^R208	^R223	238
	Total related industries	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	^R4,251	^R4,368	4,464
	Government employmentⁱ
	U.S. DOT^j	N	N	104	112	112	100	104	108	110	109	103	101	99	98	99	100	100
	State and local highway^k	532	577	607	604	559	549	569	564	525	541	544	543	^lN	531	530	^R543	546
	Total government employment	532	577	711	716	671	649	673	672	635	650	647	644	99	629	629	^R643	646
	TOTAL transportation-related labor force	^R5,036	^R5,614	^R5,999	^R7,880	^R8,535	9,252	10,133	9,872	9,758	9,892	10,217	10,527	^R10,248	11,016	^R11279	^R11,540	U

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

^a Annual averages.

^b Excludes farm employment.

^c Does not include drivers employed by school districts.

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

^e In 1997, the American Gas Association revised the database that identifies companies by type (e.g., distribution, integrated, or transmission). This reclassification has resulted in additions to the distribution and reductions to the integrated company categories beginning with the revised data in 1996. Additionally, data by company type are not directly comparable from year to year due to acquisitions and mergers.

^f Transportation 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.

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

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

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

^j 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.

^k Full-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.

^l 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.

NOTES: 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).

1990-2000: Ibid., Internet site www.bls.gov/datahome.htm, database query for individual series as of Oct. 11, 2001.

Natural gas pipeline:

1975-99: American Gas Association, Gas Facts (Arlington, VA: Annual issues), table 14-2 and similar tables in earlier editions.

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).

1990-2000: 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.

1992-2000: Ibid., Internet site http://www.census.gov/pub/govs/www/apesstl.html as of Aug. 2, 2001.

Table 3-19: Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industriesa

Table 3-19: Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries^a