Table 2-4,,,,,,,,,
Employment in Transportation and Related Industries,,,,,,,,,
(Thousands of employees),,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,
,,Canada ,,,Mexico ,,,United States,
,1990,1995,1996,1990,1995,1996,1990,1995,1996
,,,,,,,,,
"Employed labor force, total ","11,369","10,876","10,967","25,958","27,348","28,282","118,793","124,900","126,708"
Transportation labor force ,"1,176","1,051","1,068","1,652","1,741","1,910","9,685","9,579","10,125"
Transport sectors ,500,447,442,"1,332","1,407","1,513","3,293","3,636","4,034"
    Air ,61,53,56,23,20,21,745,788,"1,122"
"    Trucking, warehousing and storage ",158,152,159,553,553,608,"1,391","1,583","1,641"
       Trucking ,145,136,141,536,536,593,"1,274","1,440","1,484"
       Warehousing and storage ,13,16,18,17,17,15,117,143,152
    Local and intercity passenger,,,,,,,,,
      transport ,92,77,77,589,673,709,338,424,440
       Intercity and rural,e4,e4,e3 ,117,154,160,26,24,26
       Local and suburban transit,,,,,,,,,
         systems,e23,e17,e16 ,122,124,135,141,203,217
       School bus,e39,e39,e38 ,U,U,U,111,134,133
       Taxi ,N,N,N,350,395,414,32,32,31
       Other local and intercity,e3,e2,e3 ,U,U,U,28,31,33
    Railroad ,69,53,51,35,19,20,279,239,231
    Water ,17,18,18,34,29,28,177,174,173
    Pipeline ,9,8,7,U,U,U,18,15,15
    Transportation services ,107,102,92,98,113,127,345,413,417
Transportation vehicle and,,,,,,,,,
  equipment manufacturing ,243,230,247,255,215,229,"2,539","2,460","2,464"
    Aircraft and parts ,45,37,40,6,5,5,712,449,460
"    Road motor vehicles, equipment,",,,,,,,,,
      parts and accessories ,150,154,160,193,176,188,"1,278","1,563","1,565"
       Road motor vehicles and,,,,,,,,,
         equipment ,50,53,54,U,U,U,812,968,963
"       Parts and accessories, road motor",,,,,,,,,
         vehicles ,87,88,92,N,N,N,400,516,530
"       Truck, bus bodies and trailers ",13,13,14,N,N,N,66,79,73
    Railroad equipment ,7,10,9,28,14,14,33,37,36
    Ship/boat building and repair ,17,7,10,5,2,4,188,159,157
    Tires and tubes ,22,22,24,16,13,14,84,80,80
    Other transportation equipment ,2,C,4,7,5,5,244,172,166
"Related industries, totala",420,358,379,65,119,169,"3,180","3,382","3,523"
    Auto repair services ,71,70,70,U,U,U,914,"1,020","1,084"
    Gasoline service stations ,113,69,65,U,U,U,647,647,670
    Highway and street construction ,65,47,51,65,119,169,239,227,235
    Road motor vehicle wholesalers ,61,64,65,U,U,U,456,492,502
    New and used car and light truck,,,,,,,,,
      dealers ,110,108,110,U,U,U,924,996,"1,032"
"Government employment, total",N,N,N,U,U,U,673,101,99
    Federal departments of,,,,,,,,,
      transportation,e21,e19,e13 ,47,42,b75 ,104,101,99
    State/province and local,N,N,N,U,U,U,569,U,U
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aEmployment data for related industries includes nontransportation occupations.,,,,,,,,,
b Mexican data for 1996 includes part-time positions for work on the rural road program of the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y,,,,,,,,,
Transportes.,,,,,,,,,
KEY: e = Data are estimated.     C = Data are confidential.     N = Data are nonexistent.     U = Data are unavailable.,,,,,,,,,
NOTES,,,,,,,,,
All Countries,,,,,,,,,
Data are based on annual averages. U.S. and Canadian data are based on the number of employees. Mexican data are based on the,,,,,,,,,
number of full-time positions.,,,,,,,,,
Mexico,,,,,,,,,
Federal Departments of Transportation: Labor force includes number of positions in the area of communications and in the area of,,,,,,,,,
transportation for the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. It is not possible to further separate the Secretaría de,,,,,,,,,
Comunicaciones y Transportes employment data.,
SOURCES,
Canada,
"Statistics Canada. Employment, Earnings and Hours—Payrolls and Hours, Catalogue No. 72-002-XPB. (Ottawa, Ont.: various years).",
"Statistics Canada. Passenger Bus and Urban Transit Statistics, Catalogue No. 53-215-XPB. (Ottawa, Ont.: various years).",
"Statistics Canada. Special tabulations. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).",
"Transport Canada. Transportation in Canada 1997—Annual Report. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).",
Mexico,
"Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Dirección General de Contabilidad Nacional, Estudios Socioeconómicos y",
"Precios. Sistema de Cuentas Nacionales de México, 1988 - 1996.","(Aguascalientes, Ags: 1997)."
"Poder Ejecutivo Federal. Informe de Gobierno, various years.","(Mexico City, D.F.: various years)."
United States,
"Employed labor force, total: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Household Data Annual Averages, 1998.",
Web site: www.stats.bls.gov,
"Private employment (Transport sectors, transportation vehicle and equipment manufacturing and related industries): U.S. Department",
"of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, April 1999, special tabulation based on data from:",
"   U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. National Employment, Hours and Earnings, United States, 1988-1996.",
"   (Washington, DC: various years).",
"   U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. National Employment, Hours and Earnings, United States, June 1997.",
"   (Washington, DC: 1997).",
Government employment: U.S. Department of Transportation. Office of the Secretary. DOT Workforce Facts and DOT Employment,
"Facts. (Washington, DC: various years).",
"   U.S. Department of Commerce. U.S. Census Bureau. Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1998. (Washington, DC: 1998).",
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