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Table 3-24a: Labor Productivity Indices for Selected Transportation Industries (SIC)

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Output per hour ^a worked
Air^b	N	N	N	N	N	N	93	93	97	100	106	109	111	112	108	109	111
Bus, Class I ^c	106	128	118	107	111	96	96	104	105	109	99	110	106	125	105	135	112
Railroad	22	32	36	43	55	82	119	128	140	145	150	156	167	170	173	183	196
Trucking, except local^b	N	N	N	N	N	N	111	117	123	127	130	125	131	132	130	132	131
Petroleum pipelines^c	31	49	76	91	89	100	103	99	100	104	108	116	131	134	137	145	141
Output per employee^d
Air	22	35	45	56	71	92	93	93	97	100	106	109	111	112	108	109	111
Bus, Class I ^c	108	129	119	103	99	93	96	102	103	107	96	105	103	121	104	133	110
Railroad	25	36	42	46	55	79	120	125	134	142	153	162	172	177	176	182	195
Trucking, except local	48	56	60	64	78	94	111	117	123	127	130	125	131	132	130	132	131
Petroleum pipelines^c	30	48	75	89	89	98	102	98	99	104	112	121	139	141	146	150	141

KEY: N = data do not exist.

^a Based on the number of paid hours.

^b The 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.

NOTE

Index, 1987 = 100.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Industry Productivity, Internet site http://www.bls.gov/lpc/iprdata1.htm as of Aug. 12, 2002.

Ibid., personal communication, Aug. 19, 2002 (unpublished data).