Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 3-24b: Labor Productivity Indices for Selected Transportation Industries (North American Industry Classification System [NAICS] basis)

(Index, 1997 = 100)

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  1987 1988 1989 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Output per hour a worked                        
Air transportationb 81 82 79 78 95 99 100 98 98 98 92 103
Line-haul railroads 59 64 68 70 92 98 100 102 (R) 106 (R) 114 (R) 122 132
General freight trucking, long-distance 79 84 84 89 95 96 100 99 (R) 102 (R) 106 104 109
Postal Service 92 92 92 96 98 97 100 101 102 105 106 107
Output per employeec                        
Air transportationb 81 82 79 78 95 99 100 98 98 98 92 103
Line-haul railroads 57 62 64 68 91 (R) 97 100 99 (R) 102 (R) 111 113 119
General freight trucking, long-distance 75 80 81 85 94 96 100 (R) 99 (R) 103 (R) 107 (R) 104 111
Postal Service 88 88 88 93 97 96 100 101 102 105 105 106

KEY: R = revised.

a Based on the number of paid hours.

b The average weekly hours were assumed to be constant for air transportation industries; therefore, the output per hour worked and the output per employee measures are identical.

c Full-time and part-time employees are counted equally. Hence, these data do not reflect output per full-time equivalent employee.

NOTE

BLS developed labor productivity indexes for all manufacturing and retail trade of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industries as well as selected mining, transportation, communications and services industries. Indexes for petroleum pipelines and bus (class I) systems were created under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system but have not yet been developed under NAICS. Productivity measures for all industries using NAICS start in 1987.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Industry Productivity, Internet site http://www.bls.gov/lpc/iprdata1.htm as of Oct. 4, 2004.