Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
BTS Home > Publications > Journal of Transportation and Statistics > Volume 9 Number 1 > Paper 1
Printable Version

Table 1 Growth Rates of Labor Productivity in Transportation

(Growth rates-average annual percentage rate)

Excel | CSV

  1990-2000 1990-2001 1990-1995 1995-2000 1995-2001
Air transportation 2.4 1.6 4.2 0.6 −0.6
Line-haul railroads 5.2 5.3 5.7 4.6 5.0
General freight trucking-long distance 1.7 1.4 1.5 2.0 1.3
U.S. business sector 2.0 2.0 1.4 2.6 2.5

Source: The data on which these growth rates are based were obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Internet site, section on Productivity, subsection on Productivity and Costs
Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) • U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT)
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE • Washington, DC 20590 • 800-853-1351 • E-mail RITA

Accessibility | Disclaimer | Fast Lane | FedStats | Freedom of Information Act | No FEAR Act | OIG Hotline | Privacy Policy | RSS | USA.gov | White House | Wireless

Plug-ins: PDF Reader | Flash Player | Excel Viewer | PowerPoint Viewer | Word Viewer | WinZip

RITA's privacy policies and procedures do not necessarily apply to external web sites. We suggest contacting these sites directly for information on their data collection and distribution policies.