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) | Apr-01 | May-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Trucking and warehousing | 1,864 | 1,868 |
| Trucking and warehousing percent change from previous month | -0.43 | 0.21 |
| Air transportation | 1,313 | 1,316 |
| Air transportation percent change from previous month | -0.23 | 0.23 |
| Public transit | 477 | 482 |
| Public transit percent change from previous month | -0.63 | 1.05 |
| Transportation services | 477 | 475 |
| Transportation services percent change from previous month | -0.42 | -0.42 |
| Rail transportation | 230 | 230 |
| Rail transportation percent change from previous month | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Water transportation | 202 | 204 |
| Water transportation percent change from previous month | 0.50 | 0.99 |
| Pipeline | 14 | 14 |
| Pipeline percent change from previous month | 7.69 | 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/cpsatabs.htm.