FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYMENT
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) | Sep-01 | Oct-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Trucking and warehousing | 1,836 | 1,834 |
| Percent change from previous month | -0.43 | -0.11 |
| Air transportation | 1,295 | 1,253 |
| Percent change from previous month | -0.61 | -3.24 |
| Public transit | 486 | 484 |
| Percent change from previous month | 0.00 | -0.41 |
| Transportation services | 462 | 451 |
| Percent change from previous month | -0.22 | -2.38 |
| Rail transportation | 226 | 224 |
| Percent change from previous month | 0.00 | -0.88 |
| Water transportation | 205 | 208 |
| Percent change from previous month | 0.99 | 1.46 |
| 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/cps/home.htm.