BTS | Table 1 Growth Rates of Labor Productivity in Transportation

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Table 1 Growth Rates of Labor Productivity in Transportation

(Growth rates-average annual percentage rate)

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	1990-2000	1990-2001	1990-1995	1995-2000	1995-2001
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 sector	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, section on Productivity, subsection on Productivity and Costs