Table 3-1. Overview of the Utilities Sector’s Contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Use of Transportation
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| Utilities | Value |
Year (latest year where data available) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Contribution to GDP | $288.3 | billion | 2014 |
| Use of transportation | $19.2 | billion | 2012 |
| Amount of transportation required to produce a dollar of output | 4.6¢ | 2012 | |
| Number of transportation and material moving workers | 9,890 | 2014 | |
| Transportation and material moving workers as percent of sector’s work force | 1.8 | 2014 | |
| Median annual wage of transportation and material moving workers | $51,040 | 2014 | |
| Number of trucks used | 679 | thousand | 2002 |
| Truck miles accumulated | 10,245 | million | 2002 |
NOTE: Table presents latest data available, as of February 1, 2016.
Data on number of trucks and truck miles accumulated was last collected in the Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey for 2002.
SOURCE: Data for this table is drawn from figures and tables presented throughout this chapter.