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

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Graphic Version

Year Air transportation Line-haul railroads General freight trucking, long-distance Postal Service
1990 43.879 50.118 80.933 84.276
1991 46.306 54.048 84.192 84.106
1992 49.609 59.033 89.571 85.117
1993 44.444 61.502 87.715 87.612
1994 48.106 63.667 89.530 87.426
1995 50.295 66.241 86.292 87.432
1996 51.550 70.827 85.162 86.533
1997 51.773 71.998 89.361 89.447
1998 50.246 73.516 88.964 90.918
1999 56.507 75.956 88.941 91.932
2000 58.982 82.278 91.699 94.332
2001 56.430 87.708 92.873 95.057
2002 62.483 96.828 95.825 95.211
2003 68.959 101.63 98.783 96.470
2004 78.074 103.804 97.814 98.427
2005 84.286 100.031 99.306 99.270
2006 95.391 105.819 98.568 99.162
2007 100 100 100 100
2008 107.157 104.453 99.549 97.521
2009 104.899 100.351 93.861 98.868
2010 102.122 108.485 104.512 101.095
2011 101.667 105.494 107.098 101.943
2012 107.943 106.654 103.907 97.791
2013 114.299 109.458 104.423 98.145
2014 113.720 112.48 106.381 96.471
2015 113.403 114.904 107.591 96.590

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