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| 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | |
| Employed labor force, total | 11,369 | 10,876 | 10,967 | 25,958 | 27,348 | 28,282 | 118,793 | 124,900 | 126,708 |
| Transportation labor force | 1,176 | 1,051 | 1,068 | 1,652 | 1,741 | 1,910 | 9,685 | 9,579 | 10,125 |
| Transport sectors | 500 | 447 | 442 | 1,332 | 1,407 | 1,513 | 3,293 | 3,636 | 4,034 |
| Air | 61 | 53 | 56 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 745 | 788 | 1,122 |
| Trucking, warehousing and storage | 158 | 152 | 159 | 553 | 553 | 608 | 1,391 | 1,583 | 1,641 |
| Trucking | 145 | 136 | 141 | 536 | 536 | 593 | 1,274 | 1,440 | 1,484 |
| Warehousing and storage | 13 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 117 | 143 | 152 |
| Local and intercity passenger transport | 92 | 77 | 77 | 589 | 673 | 709 | 338 | 424 | 440 |
| Intercity and rural | e4 | e4 | e3 | 117 | 154 | 160 | 26 | 24 | 26 |
| Local and suburban transit systems | e23 | e17 | e16 | 122 | 124 | 135 | 141 | 203 | 217 |
| School bus | e39 | e39 | e38 | U | U | U | 111 | 134 | 133 |
| Taxi | N | N | N | 350 | 395 | 414 | 32 | 32 | 31 |
| Other local and intercity | e3 | e2 | e3 | U | U | U | 28 | 31 | 33 |
| Railroad | 69 | 53 | 51 | 35 | 19 | 20 | 279 | 239 | 231 |
| Water | 17 | 18 | 18 | 34 | 29 | 28 | 177 | 174 | 173 |
| Pipeline | 9 | 8 | 7 | U | U | U | 18 | 15 | 15 |
| Transportation services | 107 | 102 | 92 | 98 | 113 | 127 | 345 | 413 | 417 |
| Transportation vehicle and equipment manufacturing | 243 | 230 | 247 | 255 | 215 | 229 | 2,539 | 2,460 | 2,464 |
| Aircraft and parts | 45 | 37 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 712 | 449 | 460 |
| Road motor vehicles, equipment, parts and accessories | 150 | 154 | 160 | 193 | 176 | 188 | 1,278 | 1,563 | 1,565 |
| Road motor vehicles and equipment | 50 | 53 | 54 | U | U | U | 812 | 968 | 963 |
| Parts and accessories, road motor vehicles | 87 | 88 | 92 | N | N | N | 400 | 516 | 530 |
| Truck, bus bodies and trailers | 13 | 13 | 14 | N | N | N | 66 | 79 | 73 |
| Railroad equipment | 7 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 37 | 36 |
| Ship/boat building and repair | 17 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 188 | 159 | 157 |
| Tires and tubes | 22 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 84 | 80 | 80 |
| Other transportation equipment | 2 | C | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 244 | 172 | 166 |
| Related industries, totala | 420 | 358 | 379 | 65 | 119 | 169 | 3,180 | 3,382 | 3,523 |
| Auto repair services | 71 | 70 | 70 | U | U | U | 914 | 1,020 | 1,084 |
| Gasoline service stations | 113 | 69 | 65 | U | U | U | 647 | 647 | 670 |
| Highway and street construction | 65 | 47 | 51 | 65 | 119 | 169 | 239 | 227 | 235 |
| Road motor vehicle wholesalers | 61 | 64 | 65 | U | U | U | 456 | 492 | 502 |
| New and used car and light truck dealers | 110 | 108 | 110 | U | U | U | 924 | 996 | 1,032 |
| Government employment, total | N | N | N | U | U | U | 673 | 101 | 99 |
| Federal departments of transportation | e21 | e19 | e13 | 47 | 42 | b75 | 104 | 101 | 99 |
| State/province and local | N | N | N | U | U | U | 569 | U | U |
aEmployment data for related industries includes nontransportation occupations.
b Mexican data for 1996 includes part-time positions for work on the rural road program of the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes.
KEY: e = Data are estimated. C = Data are confidential. N = Data are nonexistent. U = Data are unavailable.
NOTES
All Countries
Data are based on annual averages. U.S. and Canadian data are based on the number of employees. Mexican data are based on the number of full-time positions.
Mexico
Federal Departments of Transportation: Labor force includes number of positions in the area of communications and in the area of transportation for the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. It is not possible to further separate the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes employment data.
SOURCES
Canada
Statistics Canada. Employment, Earnings and Hours-Payrolls and Hours, Catalogue No. 72-002-XPB. (Ottawa, Ont.: various years).
Statistics Canada. Passenger Bus and Urban Transit Statistics, Catalogue No. 53-215-XPB. (Ottawa, Ont.: various years).
Statistics Canada. Special tabulations. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Transport Canada. Transportation in Canada 1997-Annual Report. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).
Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Dirección General de Contabilidad Nacional, Estudios Socioeconómicos y Precios. Sistema de Cuentas Nacionales de México, 1988 - 1996. (Aguascalientes, Ags: 1997).
Poder Ejecutivo Federal. Informe de Gobierno, various years. (Mexico City, D.F.: various years).
United States
Employed labor force, total: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Household Data Annual Averages, 1998. Web site: www.stats.bls.gov
Private employment (Transport sectors, transportation vehicle and equipment manufacturing and related industries): U.S. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, April 1999, special tabulation based on data from:
U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. National Employment, Hours and Earnings, United States, 1988-1996. (Washington, DC: various years).
U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. National Employment, Hours and Earnings, United States, June 1997. (Washington, DC: 1997).
Government employment: U.S. Department of Transportation. Office of the Secretary. DOT Workforce Facts and DOT Employment Facts. (Washington, DC: various years).
U.S. Department of Commerce. U.S. Census Bureau. Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1998. (Washington, DC: 1998).