Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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TABLE 1 Data on Labor and Multifactor Productivity

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  Air transportation
NAICS 481
Rail transportation
SIC 4011
Truck transportation
NAICS 484
U.S. economy
Labor productivity (1987=100) Multifactor productivity (1987=100) Labor productivity (1987=100) Multifactor productivity (1987=100) Labor productivity (1987=100) Multifactor productivity (1987=100) Labor productivity (1987=100) Multifactor productivity (1987=100)
1987 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1988 100.6 100.2 108.4 105.8 100.8 107.7 101.6 100.7
1989 97.1 97.9 114.7 109.8 98.8 101.1 101.0 100.3
1990 97.9 100.8 118.5 113.7 104.6 100.8 102.2 100.7
1991 100.9 99.9 127.8 117.5 103.9 104.2 101.7 99.3
1992 104.1 103.6 139.6 125.0 105.5 103.8 104.3 102.7
1993 104.1 97.0 145.4 129.0 98.0 100.8 100.5 100.2
1994 107.2 106.5 150.3 131.8 102.5 100.5 101.0 100.8
1995 105.0 104.0 156.2 139.6 97.5 97.7 100.2 99.7
1996 103.7 103.8 167.0 144.8 99.5 100.1 102.9 101.7
1997 101.2 101.1 169.7 144.9 104.9 99.8 101.9 100.9
1998 97.6 99.0 173.3 143.4 99.4 99.5 102.8 101.3
1999 100.6 101.8 182.5 147.9 99.7 98.7 103.1 101.3
2000 100.0 103.0     102.8 99.4 102.9 101.3
2001 93.6 95.9     101.2 97.5 102.8 100.2
2002         103.7 101.4 104.2 101.7
2003         103.5 100.7 103.9 102.7

Sources: For data on labor productivity:

1) Air transportation: ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/opt/dipts/indmfp3.txt

2) Rail transportation: ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/opt/dipts/indmfp.txt

3) Truck transportation: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/dsrv

4) U.S. Economy: http://www.bls.gov/mfp/mprdload.htm

For data on multifactor productivity:

1) Air transportation: ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/opt/dipts/indmfp3.txt

2) Rail transportartation: ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/opt/dipts/indmfp3.txt

3) Truck transportation: http://www.bts.gov/programs/economics_and_finance.

4) U.S. Economy: http://www.bls.gov/mfp/mprdload.htm

Note: For the U.S. economy, labor productivity and multifactor productivity is measured by the "Private Business Sector" (excluding government enterprises).