Average Wage and Salary Accruals per Full-Time Equivalent Employee by Transportation Industry

KEY: R = revised.

^a Wages do not include supplements to wages and salaries such as pension, profit-sharing, and other retirement plans, and health, life, and unemployment insurance compensation.

^b Comprises business establishments involved in scenic and sightseeing transportation, support activities for transportation, and couriers and messengers.

Employment in Transportation and Transportation-Related Occupations

KEY: SOC = Standard Occupational Classification; U = data are not available.

Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.

^a Annual averages.

^b Excludes farm employment.

^c Does not include Postal service.

^d Includes tire manufacturing and tire retreading.

^e Does not include motor vehicle wholesalers.

^f Not all government agencies are included (e.g., the National Transportation Safety Board).

^g The U.S. Department of Transportation was created in 1966. Data are on a fiscal year basis and include permanent civilians as well...

Total Operating Revenues

KEY:  N = data do not exist; R = revised;  U = data are not available.

^a Data from 1990 through 1997 include local trucking (4212), trucking, except local (4213), local trucking, without storage (4214), and courier services, except air (4215) based on SIC (Standard Industrial Classification). For 1998 and later, data includes truck transportation (484) and couriers and messengers (492) based on NAICS (North American Industry Classification System). Therefore, data from 1998 onward are not directly comparable with data prior to 1998.

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Average Freight Revenue per Ton-Mile

KEY: N = data does not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a For 1990 and later, air carriers that did not report both financial data and all months of traffic data for a given period were excluded from the calculations. Cargo revenue includes both scheduled and charter property revenue and mail revenue.

^b General freight common carriers, most of which are LTL (less-than-truckload) carriers.

^c Total finished goods. Converted to 1990 base year index by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and therefore...

Average Passenger Revenue per Passenger-Mile

KEY: N = data do not exist; NA = not applicable; U = data are not available.

^aAmtrak began operations in 1971.

Average Passenger Fares

KEY: N = data do not exist; U = data are not available.

^a Regular route Intercity service.

^b Prior to 1984, excludes commuter railroad, automated guideway, urban ferryboat, demand responsive, and most rural and smaller systems.

^c This category is now deflated using the railway transportation instead of mass transit deflator and the Intercity rail deflator used in previous editions.

^d Amtrak began operations in 1971.

Class I Railroad Locomotive Fleet by Year Built

^a Disregards year of rebuilding.

Average Passenger Fares

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a Data for years after 1994 are not comparable with prior years or with numbers published in the previous NTS report.

^b Regular route Intercity service.

^c Prior to 1984, excludes Commuter rail, automated guideway, urban ferryboat, demand responsive, and most rural and smaller systems.

^dAmtrak began operations in 1971.

Average Cost of Owning and Operating an Automobile

KEY: U = data are not available.

^a All figures reflect the average cost of operating a vehicle 15,000 miles per year in stop and go conditions.

^b Prior to 2004, data include oil cost.

^c Beginning in 2004, data include oil cost. Beginning in 2017, data include maintenance, repair and tires.

^dFixed costs (ownership costs) include insurance, license, registration, taxes, depreciation, and finance charges.