Figure 5-8: Employment and Wages in Select Transportation and Transportation-Related Occupations: 2015

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KEY: SOC = Standard Occupational Classification

NOTE: Transportation and transportation-related occupations from U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics...

Box 5-C Independent, On-Demand Ride Services

The launch and spread of independent, on- demand ride-services, such as Uber and Lyft, has created new employment opportunities in transportation. Persons who provide ride services are considered independent contractors. Independent contractors are not counted in official U.S. job counts of...

Figure 5-7: Employment in Selected Transportation-Related Industries, 1990 to 2014

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, Table 3-23, available at www.bts.gov as of July 2016.

Figure 5-6: Employment in Transportation and Transportation-Related Industries in the United States, 1990 to 2014

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, Table 3-23, available at www.bts.gov as of July 2016.

Figure 5-5 Freight TSI modal data, January 2000-December 2015

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NOTE: data are seasonally adjusted and indexed

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, seasonally adjusted transportation data, available at www.bts.gov as of May 2016.

Figure 5-4 Freight TSI and the Economic Growth Cycle, 1979 to 2015

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transportation Services Index, available at www.bts.gov as of May 2016.

Box 5-B Transportation Services Index (TSI)

The Transportation Services Index (TSI), produced by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), measures the movement of freight and passengers. BTS produces three indexes – a freight index, a passenger index, and a total or combined index. The...

Figure 5-3 Transportation Required Per Dollar of Output by Sector, 2014

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NOTE: In-house transportation consists of transportation services (air, rail, truck, and water) provided by nontransportation industries for their own use. For-hire transportation consists of the services provided by transportation firms to...

Figure 5-2 Use of Transportation by Industry, 2014 (current dollars, billions)

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transportation Satellite Accounts, available at http://www.bts.gov as of March 2016.

Figure 5-1 Contribution of For-Hire and In-House Transportation to U.S. Gross Domestic Product (2014 dollars)

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NOTES: (a) In-house transportation consists of the services provided by non-transportation industries, including households, for their use. Business in-house transportation includes privately owned and operated vehicles of all body types,...