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FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYMENT
Employment in For-Hire Transportation Industries (monthly data, seasonally adjusted)
Employment in For-Hire Transportation Industries (monthly data, seasonally adjusted)
Employment in for-hire transportation industries accounted for about 45 percent of total transportation-related industry employment in recent years. The trucking and warehousing industry and air transportation together accounted for about 70 percent of the employment in for-hire transportation in the last few years.
| Trucking and warehousing |
1,836 |
1,834 |
| Percent change from previous month |
-0.43 |
-0.11 |
| Air transportation |
1,295 |
1,253 |
| Percent change from previous month |
-0.61 |
-3.24 |
| Public transit |
486 |
484 |
| Percent change from previous month |
0.00 |
-0.41 |
| Transportation services |
462 |
451 |
| Percent change from previous month |
-0.22 |
-2.38 |
| Rail transportation |
226 |
224 |
| Percent change from previous month |
0.00 |
-0.88 |
| Water transportation |
205 |
208 |
| Percent change from previous month |
0.99 |
1.46 |
| Pipeline |
14 |
14 |
| Percent change from previous month |
0.00 |
0.00 |
NOTE: For-hire transportation includes establishments providing passenger and freight transportation and related services on a fee basis to the general public or other business enterprises. For-hire does not include in-house transportation establishments within nontransportation enterprises, which provide transportation services for the enterprises’ own use.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Status of Civilian Population by sex and age ("A" Tables) and Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry ("B" Tables), available at: http://www.bls.gov/cps/home.htm.
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