RITA | BTS | Table 3-28: Labor Productivity Indices for Selected Transportation Industries (North American Industry Classification System [NAICS] basis)

Table 3-28: Labor Productivity Indices for Selected Transportation Industries (North American Industry Classification System [NAICS] basis)

(Index, 2002 = 100)

	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	(R) 2008	2009
Output per hour^a worked
Air transportation^b	77	77	75	73	76	80	83	91	92	95	98	95	94	96	91	100	110	124	134	140	142	141	141
Line-haul railroads	(R) 44	(R) 47	(R) 50	(R) 52	(R) 56	(R) 61	(R) 64	(R) 66	(R) 68	(R) 73	(R) 74	(R) 76	(R) 78	(R) 85	(R) 91	100	105	107	103	109	(R) 103	108	104
General freight trucking, long-distance	80	81	80	83	87	91	90	92	90	89	93	93	93	95	96	100	103	102	104	103	104	104	98
Postal Service	85	85	85	89	88	89	92	92	92	91	94	95	97	99	100	100	101	103	104	105	105	104	105
Output per employee^c
Air transportation^b	77	77	75	73	76	80	83	91	92	95	98	95	94	96	91	100	110	124	134	140	142	141	141
Line-haul railroads	(R) 47	(R) 51	(R) 53	(R) 56	(R) 58	(R) 63	(R) 66	(R) 71	(R) 76	(R) 80	(R) 83	(R) 82	(R) 85	(R) 91	(R) 93	100	105	108	109	114	(R) 108	114	101
General freight trucking, long-distance	77	78	77	80	83	88	88	91	88	89	93	92	93	96	95	100	103	105	106	105	105	107	100
Postal Service	82	82	82	87	88	90	93	93	92	91	95	96	97	101	100	100	102	106	108	108	(R) 107	105	98

KEY: R = revised.

^a Based on the number of paid hours.

^b The average weekly hours were assumed to be constant for 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

Bureau of Labor Statistics 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.

Data in this table are not comparable to the data published in previous editions of the report due to change in base year of the index from 1997 to 2002.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Industry Productivity and Costs, available at http://www.bls.gov/data/ as of July 18, 2011.

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