Data for Figure 5-3 Productivity in Selected Transportation Industries: 1987-2014

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

(Output per Employee,¹ Index: 1987 = 100)

	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Output per hour worked
Air transportation (R)	100	100	97	95	98	104	106	115	117	121	124	119	119	121	116	128	141	158	172	182	184	179	179	190	189	191	199	202
Line-haul railroads (R)	100	110	113	119	125	134	142	153	162	172	177	175	181	196	200	214	226	233	233	244	231	245	217	244	243	240	248	243
General freight trucking, long-distance (R)	100	101	100	104	107	114	114	118	115	116	121	120	121	125	124	131	134	136	138	137	137	140	130	148	151	148	149	153
Postal Service (R)	100	100	100	105	107	109	114	114	111	111	115	117	118	122	122	122	124	128	131	132	130	125	117	119	120	116	117	115

KEY: R = revised.

¹Based on the number of paid hours. Real gross domestic product (GDP) in the business and nonfarm business sectors is the basis of the output components of the productivity measures. These output components are based on and are consistent with the National Income and Product Accounts, including the GDP measure, prepared by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

NOTES: In 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revised its data for air transportation output per hour worked to include both full-time and part-time workers. Prior to 2009, BLS assumed all air transportation workers were full-time employees.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Industry Productivity, available at www.bls.gov/lpc/ as of July 2015.

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Data for Figure 5-3 Productivity in Selected Transportation Industries: 1987-2014