BTS | Table 4 Labor Compensation per Employee

Table 4 Labor Compensation per Employee

(In current and constant dollars)

Year	In current dollars					In constant dollars
Year	Air transportation	Line-haul railroads	General freight trucking, long distance	U.S. economy	CPI (1982-84=100)	Air transportation	Line-haul railroads	General freight trucking, long distance	U.S. economy
1990	$47,815	$50,236	$30,092		130.7	$36,584	$38,436	$23,024
1991	$49,799	$51,947	$30,605	$34,216	136.2	$36,564	$38,140	$22,471	$25,122
1992	$52,084	$52,461	$32,482	$35,922	140.3	$37,123	$37,392	$23,151	$25,603
1993	$53,844	$54,322	$31,746	$37,190	144.5	$37,263	$37,593	$21,970	$25,737
1994	$56,286	$56,256	$32,738	$38,064	148.2	$37,980	$37,959	$22,090	$25,684
1995	$58,485	$58,439	$32,961	$37,877	152.4	$38,376	$38,346	$21,628	$24,854
1996	$59,419	$60,701	$32,358	$38,854	156.9	$37,871	$38,688	$20,623	$24,764
1997	$60,742	$62,259	$34,882	$39,978	160.5	$37,846	$38,791	$21,733	$24,908
1998	$61,350	$64,328	$35,842	$41,101	163.0	$37,638	$39,465	$21,989	$25,215
1999	$62,771	$64,700	$37,196	$42,203	166.6	$37,678	$38,835	$22,326	$25,332
2000	$64,736	$66,782	$38,746	$44,013	172.2	$37,593	$38,782	$22,501	$25,559
2001	$68,350	$69,351	$39,147	$46,072	177.1	$38,594	$39,159	$22,105	$26,015
Percentage change over time
1990-2001	42.9	38.1	30.1		35.5	5.5	1.9	−4.0
1991-2001	37.3	33.5	27.9	34.7	30.0	5.6	2.7	−1.6	3.6
1992-2001	31.2	32.2	20.5	28.3	26.2	4.0	4.7	−4.5	1.6
1990-2000	35.4	32.9	28.8		31.8	2.8	0.9	−2.3
1990-1999	31.3	28.8	23.6		27.5	3.0	1.0	−3.0
1990-1998	28.3	28.1	19.1		24.7	2.9	2.7	−4.5

Key: CPI = Consumer Price Index.

Sources: Industry data were obtained from BLS staff (personal communication).

Note: Data for the U.S. economy (all civilian workers) were computed as follows: compensation per hour (BLS website) x 2,080 (hours per year).