Figure 2 - Labor Productivity of For-Hire Transportation Industries: 1990-2000

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NOTES: Labor productivity for transportation measures quality-adjusted ton- and passenger-miles per hour. Quality adjustment corrects for differences in services and handling, e.g., the difference between flying first class and coach or differences in the handling requirements of high- and low-value commodities. Pipeline labor productivity is measured by output per employee. No data are available for water transportation.

Local trucking includes establishments that generally provide trucking services within a single municipality, contiguous municipalities, or a municipality and its suburban areas. Trucking, except local, includes common or contract carriers that generally provide trucking service beyond a single municipality, contiguous municipalities, or a municipality and its suburban areas.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, calculation based on data from U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Office of Productivity and Technology, "Industry Productivity Database," available at http://www.bls.gov, as of February 2003. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, "Gross Domestic Product by Industry," February 2003. Manufacturing and business—USDOL, BLS, Office of Productivity and Technology, "Industry Productivity Database," available at http://www.bls.gov, as of February 2003.