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Table 27
Employment in For-Hire Transportation and
Selected Transportation-Related Industriesa
(Thousands)
Excel |
CSV
Governmentb |
711 |
671 |
673 |
646 |
U |
For-hire transport sector total |
R2,855 |
R3,128 |
R3,675 |
R4,645 |
4,438 |
Air |
352 |
453 |
968 |
1,280 |
1,161 |
Local and inter-urban passenger transit |
R281 |
R265 |
338 |
R476 |
472 |
Pipelinec |
R179 |
R189 |
R184 |
R142 |
136 |
Railroad |
634 |
532 |
279 |
237 |
229 |
Transportation services |
115 |
198 |
336 |
470 |
423 |
Trucking and warehousing |
1,083 |
1,280 |
1,395 |
1,847 |
1,826 |
Water |
212 |
211 |
177 |
194 |
190 |
Equipment manufacturing |
1,949 |
1,995 |
2,073 |
1,931 |
1,739 |
Other related industries total |
613 |
2,694 |
3,672 |
4,442 |
4,479 |
Automotive and home supply stores
|
U |
261 |
337 |
408 |
406 |
Automotive repair services and parking; gasoline service stations |
d613 |
1,132 |
1,561 |
1,886 |
1,904 |
Highway and street construction |
U |
U |
239 |
281 |
286 |
Motor vehicles/parts/supplies, new/used car dealers, and other automotive retailers |
U |
1,301 |
1,535 |
1,868 |
1,884 |
Total, all transportation employment
|
R6,128 |
R8,488 |
R10,093 |
R11,664 |
U |
a Annual averages.
b Data are for fiscal years and include permanent and temporary civilian and military transportation-related personnel.
c Includes liquid and natural gas transmission pipelines.
d Includes gasoline service stations only.
Key: R = revised;
U = unavailable.
Source: Various sources, as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics (NTS) 2002,table 3-19, available at
http://www.bts.gov; and NTS 2003, forthcoming.
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