Table 1: Growth Rates
of Labor Productivity in Transportation and U.S. Business
(Growth Rates - annual, percentage)
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| 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 |
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. For the three transportation industries: ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/opt/dipts/ipr.aiin.txt. For Private Business: http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet.
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