FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYMENT
Employment in For-Hire Transportation Industries (monthly data, seasonally adjusted)
Employment in For-Hire Transportation Industries (monthly data, seasonally adjusted)
Employment in for-hire transportation industries accounted for about 45 percent of total transportation-related industry employment in recent years. The trucking and warehousing industry and air transportation together accounted for about 70 percent of the employment in for-hire transportation in the last few years.
| Employment in For-Hire Transportation Industries (thousands) | Aug-01 | Sep-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Trucking and warehousing | 1,844 | 1,843 |
| Percent change from previous month | -1.02 | -0.05 |
| Air transportation | 1,303 | 1,297 |
| Percent change from previous month | -0.08 | -0.46 |
| Public transit | 486 | 491 |
| Percent change from previous month | 0.21 | 1.03 |
| Transportation services | 463 | 463 |
| Percent change from previous month | -0.64 | 0.00 |
| Rail transportation | 226 | 227 |
| Percent change from previous month | 0.00 | 0.44 |
| Water transportation | 199 | 201 |
| Percent change from previous month | -1.97 | 1.01 |
| Pipeline | 14 | 14 |
| Percent change from previous month | 0.00 | 0.00 |
NOTE: For-hire transportation includes establishments providing passenger and freight transportation and related services on a fee basis to the general public or other business enterprises. For-hire does not include in-house transportation establishments within nontransportation enterprises, which provide transportation services for the enterprises own use.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Status of Civilian Population by sex and age ("A" Tables) and Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry ("B" Tables), available at: http://www.bls.gov/cpsatabs.htm.