Counting the Transportation Workforce: Nearly 1 Million Self-Employed
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1.59M January 2023, +600K from January 2022
$595B Q4 2023, +$29B from Q4 2022
$5.97B February 2023, +$950M from February 2022
1.07M June 2024, +160K from February 2023
2.63B September 2023, +6B from Dec. 2022
246M December 2022, +25M from December 2021
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January 2025 U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment (3.6%) Falls Below the January 2024 Level (4.7%) And the Pre-Pandemic January 2019 Level (4.0%)
The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 3.6% (not seasonally adjusted) in January 2025 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). These data have been updated on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) Unemployment in Transportation dashboard. In January 2025, the transportation sector unemployment rate fell 1.1 percentage points from 4.7% in January 2024 and was below the pre-pandemic January 2019 level of 4.0%. Unemployment in the transportation sector
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Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2024 (TSAR)
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Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: 2025 Annual Report to Congress
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