Table 4 Labor Compensation per Employee
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Table 4 Labor Compensation per Employee
(In current and constant dollars)
Year | In current dollars | In constant dollars | |||||||
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Air transportation | Line-haul railroads | General freight trucking, long distance | U.S. economy | CPI (1982-84=100) | Air transportation | Line-haul railroads | General freight trucking, long distance | U.S. economy | |
1990 | $47,815 | $50,236 | $30,092 | 130.7 | $36,584 | $38,436 | $23,024 | ||
1991 | $49,799 | $51,947 | $30,605 | $34,216 | 136.2 | $36,564 | $38,140 | $22,471 | $25,122 |
1992 | $52,084 | $52,461 | $32,482 | $35,922 | 140.3 | $37,123 | $37,392 | $23,151 | $25,603 |
1993 | $53,844 | $54,322 | $31,746 | $37,190 | 144.5 | $37,263 | $37,593 | $21,970 | $25,737 |
1994 | $56,286 | $56,256 | $32,738 | $38,064 | 148.2 | $37,980 | $37,959 | $22,090 | $25,684 |
1995 | $58,485 | $58,439 | $32,961 | $37,877 | 152.4 | $38,376 | $38,346 | $21,628 | $24,854 |
1996 | $59,419 | $60,701 | $32,358 | $38,854 | 156.9 | $37,871 | $38,688 | $20,623 | $24,764 |
1997 | $60,742 | $62,259 | $34,882 | $39,978 | 160.5 | $37,846 | $38,791 | $21,733 | $24,908 |
1998 | $61,350 | $64,328 | $35,842 | $41,101 | 163.0 | $37,638 | $39,465 | $21,989 | $25,215 |
1999 | $62,771 | $64,700 | $37,196 | $42,203 | 166.6 | $37,678 | $38,835 | $22,326 | $25,332 |
2000 | $64,736 | $66,782 | $38,746 | $44,013 | 172.2 | $37,593 | $38,782 | $22,501 | $25,559 |
2001 | $68,350 | $69,351 | $39,147 | $46,072 | 177.1 | $38,594 | $39,159 | $22,105 | $26,015 |
Percentage change over time | |||||||||
1990-2001 | 42.9 | 38.1 | 30.1 | 35.5 | 5.5 | 1.9 | −4.0 | ||
1991-2001 | 37.3 | 33.5 | 27.9 | 34.7 | 30.0 | 5.6 | 2.7 | −1.6 | 3.6 |
1992-2001 | 31.2 | 32.2 | 20.5 | 28.3 | 26.2 | 4.0 | 4.7 | −4.5 | 1.6 |
1990-2000 | 35.4 | 32.9 | 28.8 | 31.8 | 2.8 | 0.9 | −2.3 | ||
1990-1999 | 31.3 | 28.8 | 23.6 | 27.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | −3.0 | ||
1990-1998 | 28.3 | 28.1 | 19.1 | 24.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 | −4.5 |
Key: CPI = Consumer Price Index.
Sources: Industry data were obtained from BLS staff (personal communication).
Note: Data for the U.S. economy (all civilian workers) were computed as follows: compensation per hour (BLS website) x 2,080 (hours per year).