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Table 5-4
Employment in Transportation and Selected
Transportation-Related Industriesa
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| Total
U.S. labor force (nonfarm) |
109,487 |
117,298 |
131,785 |
133,463 |
| Total
transportation related labor forceb |
12,084 |
12,450 |
13,679 |
U |
| Transportation
as a percent of U.S. total |
11 |
11 |
10 |
U |
| For-hire
transport & warehousing |
3,476 |
3,838 |
4,410 |
4,347 |
| Air |
529 |
511 |
614 |
501 |
| Water |
57 |
51 |
56 |
61 |
| Railroad |
272 |
233 |
232 |
228 |
| Transit/ground
passenger transportation |
274 |
328 |
372 |
389 |
| Pipeline |
60 |
54 |
46 |
38 |
| Trucking |
1,122 |
1,249 |
1,406 |
1,393 |
| Support activities |
364 |
430 |
537 |
551 |
| Scenic/sightseeing transportation |
16 |
22 |
28 |
30 |
| Couriers/messengers |
375 |
517 |
605 |
572 |
| Warehousing/storage |
407 |
444 |
514 |
585 |
| Related
services & construction |
5,256 |
5,577 |
6,177 |
U |
| Automotive
repair services/parking; automotive equipment rental/leasing; gasoline
stations |
1,800 |
1,906 |
2,125 |
2,062 |
| Highway, street, bridge
construction |
289 |
278 |
340 |
352 |
| Dealers
or wholesalers of motor vehicles, parts, petroleum, supplies, equipment |
1,993 |
2,119 |
2,360 |
2,396 |
| Travel
arrangement/reservation services |
250 |
281 |
299 |
224 |
| Ambulatory
health care services |
99 |
143 |
173 |
207 |
| Postal
service |
825 |
850 |
880 |
U |
| Transportation-related
manufacturingc |
2,681 |
2,390 |
2,446 |
2,139 |
| Governmentb |
673 |
644 |
646 |
602 |
a Annual averages. Data are
NAICS-based. (See Glossary for definition.)
b Fiscal year data. Includes
U.S. DOT and state and local highway personnel.
c Includes transportation
equipment; petroleum products; tires; rubber; plastics; search, detection,
navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical systems; and instrument
manufacturing.
Key: U=Unavailable
Source: Various sources
as cited in USDOT, RITA, BTS, National
Transportation Statistics, table 3-19b,
available at http://www.bts.gov, as of October 2006.
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