Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 3-24b: Labor Productivity Indices for Selected Transportation Industries (NAICS)

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  1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Output per hour a worked                              
Air transportationb 81 82 79 78 78 81 85 91 95 99 100 98 98 98 92
Line-haul railroads 59 64 68 70 75 82 86 89 92 98 100 102 108 115 123
General freight trucking, long-distance 79 84 84 89 93 98 96 98 95 96 100 99 102 105 103
Postal Service 92 92 92 96 96 97 99 99 98 97 100 101 102 105 106
                               
Output per employeec                              
Air transportationb 81 82 79 78 78 81 85 91 95 99 100 98 98 98 92
Line-haul railroads 57 62 64 68 71 76 80 86 91 97 100 99 103 110 113
General freight trucking, long-distance 75 80 81 85 88 93 93 98 94 96 100 99 103 106 103
Postal Service 88 88 88 93 94 96 99 99 97 96 100 101 102 105 105

a Based on the number of paid hours.

b The average weekly hours were assumed to be constant for the 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.

NOTES

Index, 1997 = 100.

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 Nov. 19, 2003.



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