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Table 3-19: Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related
Industriesa (Thousands)
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TOTAL U.S. labor forceb |
54,189 |
60,763 |
70,880 |
76,945 |
90,406 |
97,387 |
109,403 |
108,249 |
108,601 |
110,713 |
114,163 |
117,191 |
119,608 |
122,690 |
125,865 |
128,916 |
131,720 |
131,922 |
130,791 |
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Transportation-related labor force, total |
R5,160 |
R5,737 |
R6,128 |
R7,834 |
R8,488 |
R9,211 |
R10,093 |
R9,836 |
R9,713 |
R9,858 |
R10,189 |
R10,501 |
R10,215 |
R11,002 |
R11,262 |
R11,523 |
R11,664 |
R11,585 |
U |
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For-hire transportation industry, total |
R2,395 |
R2,683 |
R2,855 |
R2,796 |
R3,128 |
R3,172 |
R3,675 |
R3,661 |
R3,659 |
R3,759 |
R3,920 |
R4,057 |
R4,166 |
R4,264 |
R4,410 |
R4,545 |
R4,645 |
R4,622 |
4,438 |
45 |
Air |
191 |
229 |
352 |
363 |
453 |
522 |
968 |
962 |
964 |
988 |
1,023 |
1,068 |
1,107 |
1,134 |
1,181 |
1,227 |
1,280 |
1,266 |
1,161 |
42 |
Trucking and warehousing |
856 |
964 |
1,083 |
1,108 |
1,280 |
1,361 |
1,395 |
1,378 |
1,385 |
1,444 |
1,526 |
1,587 |
1,637 |
1,677 |
1,744 |
1,810 |
1,847 |
1,848 |
1,826 |
41 |
Local and interurban passenger transit |
284 |
269 |
281 |
270 |
265 |
277 |
338 |
354 |
361 |
379 |
404 |
419 |
437 |
452 |
469 |
478 |
476 |
479 |
472 |
413 |
Intercity and rural bus |
41 |
42 |
43 |
40 |
38 |
35 |
26 |
24 |
23 |
22 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
22 |
24 |
24 |
25 |
25 |
23 |
411 |
Local and suburban |
U |
U |
U |
69 |
79 |
92 |
141 |
155 |
162 |
176 |
194 |
203 |
218 |
229 |
236 |
238 |
233 |
236 |
235 |
415 |
School busc |
N |
N |
N |
65 |
80 |
91 |
111 |
115 |
118 |
122 |
126 |
131 |
132 |
137 |
141 |
146 |
147 |
148 |
149 |
412 |
Taxi |
121 |
110 |
106 |
85 |
53 |
38 |
32 |
32 |
30 |
30 |
31 |
31 |
31 |
31 |
31 |
32 |
32 |
32 |
31 |
|
Other local and interurband |
123 |
118 |
131 |
11 |
16 |
22 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
33 |
34 |
36 |
38 |
40 |
38 |
35 |
40 |
Railroad |
885 |
735 |
634 |
548 |
532 |
359 |
279 |
262 |
254 |
248 |
241 |
238 |
231 |
227 |
231 |
235 |
237 |
234 |
229 |
44 |
Water |
N |
228 |
212 |
194 |
211 |
185 |
177 |
184 |
173 |
168 |
172 |
175 |
174 |
179 |
181 |
186 |
194 |
192 |
190 |
46 |
Liquid pipeline |
23 |
20 |
18 |
18 |
21 |
19 |
19 |
19 |
19 |
18 |
17 |
15 |
15 |
14 |
14 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
15 |
492 |
Gas production and distribution |
155 |
154 |
161 |
162 |
168 |
175 |
165 |
166 |
163 |
161 |
159 |
154 |
147 |
141 |
137 |
134 |
128 |
126 |
121 |
47 |
Transportation servicese |
N |
85 |
115 |
134 |
198 |
275 |
336 |
336 |
338 |
352 |
378 |
401 |
418 |
441 |
454 |
463 |
470 |
463 |
423 |
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Equipment manufacturing (SIC 37 and SIC 301),
total |
1,773 |
1,955 |
1,949 |
1,824 |
1,995 |
2,054 |
2,073 |
1,971 |
1,911 |
1,838 |
1,840 |
1,870 |
1,864 |
1,923 |
1,973 |
1,967 |
1,931 |
1,835 |
1,739 |
372 |
Aircraft and parts |
605 |
601 |
644 |
499 |
633 |
616 |
712 |
669 |
612 |
542 |
482 |
451 |
458 |
501 |
525 |
496 |
464 |
461 |
410 |
371 |
Motor vehicles and equipment |
724 |
843 |
799 |
792 |
789 |
883 |
812 |
789 |
813 |
837 |
909 |
971 |
967 |
986 |
995 |
1,018 |
1,017 |
947 |
912 |
374 |
Railroad equipment |
43 |
56 |
51 |
57 |
71 |
33 |
33 |
30 |
29 |
31 |
35 |
38 |
36 |
34 |
37 |
38 |
36 |
30 |
27 |
373 |
Ship and boat building and repairing |
141 |
160 |
172 |
194 |
221 |
187 |
188 |
177 |
170 |
159 |
158 |
160 |
159 |
158 |
167 |
167 |
168 |
161 |
158 |
301 |
Tires and inner tubes |
105 |
102 |
116 |
124 |
115 |
94 |
84 |
81 |
81 |
82 |
79 |
80 |
80 |
78 |
80 |
79 |
79 |
75 |
72 |
|
Otherf |
155 |
193 |
167 |
157 |
167 |
241 |
244 |
225 |
207 |
188 |
177 |
172 |
165 |
167 |
168 |
168 |
168 |
161 |
161 |
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Related industries, total |
461 |
522 |
613 |
2,498 |
2,694 |
3,336 |
3,672 |
3,532 |
3,508 |
3,612 |
3,782 |
3,930 |
4,086 |
4,186 |
4,251 |
4,368 |
4,442 |
4,473 |
4,479 |
553 |
Automotive and home supply stores |
U |
U |
U |
212 |
261 |
304 |
337 |
332 |
332 |
340 |
357 |
369 |
380 |
392 |
397 |
404 |
408 |
410 |
406 |
75 |
Automotive repair, services, and parking |
U |
U |
U |
439 |
571 |
730 |
914 |
882 |
881 |
925 |
968 |
1,020 |
1,080 |
1,120 |
1,145 |
1,196 |
1,234 |
1,257 |
1,263 |
554 |
Gasoline service stations |
461 |
522 |
613 |
622 |
561 |
588 |
647 |
626 |
616 |
617 |
634 |
649 |
669 |
676 |
680 |
660 |
652 |
648 |
641 |
161 |
Highway and street construction |
U |
U |
U |
U |
U |
264 |
239 |
218 |
215 |
222 |
226 |
228 |
236 |
243 |
257 |
280 |
281 |
289 |
286 |
501 |
Motor vehicles, parts, and supplies |
U |
U |
U |
382 |
434 |
454 |
456 |
448 |
446 |
451 |
471 |
492 |
503 |
513 |
517 |
524 |
517 |
502 |
498 |
551 |
New and used car dealers |
U |
U |
U |
731 |
745 |
856 |
924 |
879 |
875 |
908 |
963 |
996 |
1,031 |
1,046 |
1,047 |
1,080 |
1,112 |
1,121 |
1,130 |
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Other automotive retailg |
N |
N |
N |
112 |
122 |
140 |
155 |
146 |
143 |
148 |
163 |
176 |
187 |
197 |
208 |
223 |
239 |
246 |
256 |
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Government employmenth ,total |
532 |
577 |
711 |
716 |
671 |
649 |
673 |
672 |
635 |
650 |
647 |
644 |
99 |
629 |
629 |
643 |
646 |
654 |
U |
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U.S. DOTi |
N |
N |
104 |
112 |
112 |
100 |
104 |
108 |
110 |
109 |
103 |
101 |
99 |
98 |
99 |
100 |
100 |
102 |
141 |
|
State and local highwayj |
532 |
577 |
607 |
604 |
559 |
549 |
569 |
564 |
525 |
541 |
544 |
543 |
kN |
531 |
530 |
543 |
546 |
552 |
U |
KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised;
SIC = Standard Industrial Classification; U = data are not available.
a Annual averages.
b Excludes farm employment.
c Does not include drivers employed by school districts.
d Difference between the total of SIC 41 and the sum of 411, 412, 413, and 415.
e Transportation services are defined as services incidental to transportation, such as
forwarding and packing; motor vehicle inspections; and freight broker, tour operator, and travel
agency services, etc.
f The difference between the total of SIC 37 and the sum of 371, 372, 373, and 374.
g The difference between the total of SIC 55 and the sum of 551, 553, and 554.
h Not all government agencies are included (e.g., the National Transportation Safety Board).
i U.S. Department of Transportation was created in 1966. Data are for fiscal year and
include permanent civilians as well as temporary employees and military.
j Full-time equivalent employment. Data prior to 1986 are not directly comparable
to data from later years due to a change in the way full-time equivalent was calculated.
Full-time equivalent was not calculated for 1985.
k Due to a change in the reference period, from October to March, the
October 1996 Annual Survey of Government Employment and Payroll was not conducted.
NOTE
The employment totals in tables 3-19 and 3-20 differ. Table 3-19 shows employment in
transportation and selected transportation-related industries. Table 3-20 shows employment
by transportation occupation. Some employees of transportation industries have nontransportation
jobs (e.g., a bookkeeper in a trucking firm), and some people with transportation occupations do
not work in the transportation industry (e.g., a truck driver for a construction firm).
Beginning in January 1999, data are not strictly comparable with data for 1998 and earlier
years because of revisions in the population controls used in the household survey.
SOURCES
All data, except as noted:
1960-85: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment, Hours and
Earnings, United States, 1909-1994 (Washington, DC: September 1994).
1990-2002: Ibid., Internet site
www.bls.gov/, database query for individual series as of
June 11, 2003.
Government employment:
USDOT:
1970-75: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract
of the United States, 1976 (Washington, DC: 1976), table 409, and U.S. Department of
Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, G-WPM, Office of Military Personnel, personal
communication.
1980-85: U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation,
DOT Employment Facts, A Report to Management (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
1990-2002: Ibid., DOT Workforce Demographics (Washington, DC : Annual issues).
State and local highway:
1960-91: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the
United States, 1993 (Washington, DC: 1993), table 500 and similar tables in earlier
editions.
1992-2001: Ibid., Internet site
http://www.census.gov/pub/govs/www/apesstl.html
as of July 24, 2002.
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