Economics, employment, and finance
Legacy ID
1546
Transportation and the Economy
- Transportation economics is described in the Transportation Statistics Annual Report and measured in selected tables of National Transportation Statistics.
- BTS also publishes:
- Transportation Services Index – monthly indicator of freight movement and passenger travel by for-hire carriers
- Transportation Economic Trends – statistics on t
Industry Snapshots
Industry Snapshots, developed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, uses information from the Transportation Satellite Accounts (TSAs) and other sources to highlight the role of for-hire and business-related in-house transportation in the production process for all of the non-transportation sectors listed in the U.S. Input Output (I-O) accounts.
They are:
Freight Facts and Figures
Freight Facts and Figures, developed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, is a collection of charts and statistical tables about freight transportation in the United States. These interactive visualizations and tables provide a snapshot of freight movement; the extent, condition, and performance of the freight transportation system; the economic implications of freight movement; and the safety, energy, and environmental impacts of freight transportation.
Mid-July 2020 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Up 4,600 FTEs from Mid-June
The 23 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 1.1 % more full-time equivalents (FTEs) in mid-July 2020 than in mid-June 2020:
Mid-July’s total number of FTEs (415,154) was up 4,600 FTEs from mid-June 2020 (410,557 FTEs) and down nearly 45,000 FTEs from mid-March 2020. July 2020 was the lowest FTE total for any July since 2016 (413,746 FTEs).
Mid-July 2020 FTEs were down more than 34,000 FTEs, down 7.7%, from mid-July 2019 (449,907 FTEs).