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Figure 5-1: Labor Productivity Indices for Selected Transportation Industries, 1990 to 2015

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

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Year Air transportation Line-haul railroads General freight trucking, long-distance Postal Service
1990 43.9 50.1 80.9 84.3
1991 46.3 54.0 84.2 84.1
1992 49.6 59.0 89.6 85.1
1993 44.4 61.5 87.7 87.6
1994 48.1 63.7 89.5 87.4
1995 50.3 66.2 86.3 87.4
1996 51.6 70.8 85.2 86.5
1997 51.8 72.0 89.4 89.4
1998 50.2 73.5 89.0 90.9
1999 56.5 76.0 88.9 91.9
2000 59.0 82.3 91.7 94.3
2001 56.4 87.7 92.9 95.1
2002 62.5 96.8 95.8 95.2
2003 69.0 101.6 98.8 96.5
2004 78.1 103.8 97.8 98.4
2005 84.3 100.0 99.3 99.3
2006 95.4 105.8 98.6 99.2
2007 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
2008 107.2 104.5 99.5 97.5
2009 104.9 100.4 93.9 98.9
2010 102.1 108.5 104.5 101.1
2011 101.7 105.5 107.1 101.9
2012 107.9 106.7 103.9 97.8
2013 114.3 109.5 104.4 98.1
2014 113.7 112.5 106.4 96.5
2015 113.4 114.9 107.6 96.6

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Industry Productivity and Costs, available at http://www.bls.gov/data/ as of May 2016.