Employment and Earnings in Transportation, by Industry statistics



Industry	SIC	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
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NUMBER (1,000)

Transportation, total	(X)	2,694	2,639	2,676	2,746	2,779	2,634	2,678	2,781	2,905	3,019	2,960	2,920	2,787	2,742	2,914	2,997	3,051	3,156	3,301	3,404	3,511	3,495	3,495	3,598	3,761	3,904	4,019	4,123	4,276	4,425

Railroads	40	634	606	582	579	590	548	538	545	539	556	532	495	429	376	376	359	332	309	298	293	279	262	254	248	241	238	231	227	231	230
Class I railroads, plus Amtrak	4011	566	546	526	524	539	498	494	502	490	503	482	457	398	348	345	323	294	271	259	252	241	231	222	218	214	212	206	202	205	204
Local and interurban passengers	41	281	279	276	278	279	270	264	262	258	263	265	265	263	257	270	277	286	294	309	326	338	354	361	379	404	419	437	452	468	482
Trucking and warehousing	42	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	1,351	1,379	1,395	1,378	1,385	1,444	1,526	1,587	1,637	1,677	1,745	1,813
Water transportation	44	212	194	211	199	203	194	194	195	208	214	211	218	200	189	190	185	174	172	171	172	177	184	173	168	172	175	174	179	180	181
Air transportation	45	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	850	897	968	962	964	988	1,023	1,068	1,107	1,134	1,183	1,237
Pipelines, exc. natural gas	46	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	20	20	21	22	21	20	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	15	15	14	14	13
Transportation services	47	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	302	319	336	336	338	352	378	401	418	441	455	469

AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS (dol.)

^href="#n">ⁿ^href="#n">ⁿClass I railroads	4011	172	188	215	240	250	262	301	321	344	392	427	458	484	542	573	595	608	627	674	693	727	707	736	782	786	811	850	892	845	797
Local and interurban passengers	41	(NA)	(NA)	119	125	136	148	162	177	192	207	217	231	248	252	258	261	274	281	293	305	310	323	334	342	354	358	367	375	387	398
Trucking and warehousing	42	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	419	436	450	454	467	484	499	504	515	532	545	561
Pipelines, exc. natural gas	46	189	202	215	229	249	280	310	340	367	401	441	491	536	586	597	629	637	644	662	671	711	733	772	817	872	888	909	902	918	944

X Not applicable. NA Not available.
1 1987 Standard Industrial Classification, see text, section 13.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bulletin 2481 and Employment and Earnings, March and June issues.

http://stats.bls.gov:80/datahome.htm Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey

The establishment payroll survey, known as the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey, is administered to a monthly sample of nearly 400,000 business establishments nationwide. The primary statistics derived from the survey are monthly estimates of employment, hours, and earnings for the Nation, States, and major metropolitan areas. Preliminary national estimates for a given reference month are typically published on the first Friday of the following month, in conjunction with data derived from a separate survey of households, the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is the source of statistics on the activities of the labor force, including unemployment and the Nation's unemployment rate.

The establishment survey produces nonfarm payroll estimates for: all employees, women workers, production workers, average weekly hours, average hourly earnings (constant dollar and current dollar), average weekly earnings, average overtime, index of aggregate hours and payrolls, and diffusion indexes. All data are available not seasonally adjusted, and some data are available seasonally adjusted.

Employment, except for national Federal Government estimates, is the total number of persons on establishment payrolls employed full or part time who received pay for any part of the pay period which includes the 12th day of the month. Temporary and intermittent employees are included, as are any workers who are on paid sick leave, on paid holiday, or who work during only part of the specified pay period. A striking worker who only works a small portion of the survey period, and is paid, would be included as employed under the CES definitions. Persons on the payroll of more than one establishment are counted in each establishment. Data exclude proprietors, self-employed, unpaid family or volunteer workers, farm workers, and domestic workers. Persons on layoff the entire pay period, on leave without pay, on strike for the entire period or who have not yet reported for work are not counted as employed. Government employment covers only civilian workers.

Federal Government employment represents the number of persons who were employed during the last full pay period of the month. These data are provided by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Federal government statistics are for civilian U.S. workers only. Overseas installations are excluded from the CES survey, as are all military personnel. In addition, the following agencies are excluded: the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the Defense Intelligence Agency.

National estimates of average weekly hours and average hourly earnings are made for the private sector, with detail for about 500 private industries as well as for overtime hours in manufacturing.

Hours and earnings are derived from reports of gross payrolls and corresponding paid hours for production workers, construction workers, or nonsupervisory workers in the service sector. The payroll for workers covered by the CES survey is reported before deductions of any kind, e.g. for old-age and unemployment insurance, withholding tax, union dues or retirement plans. Included in the payroll reports is pay for overtime, vacations, holidays and sick leave paid directly by the firm. Bonuses, commisions, and other types of non-wage cash payments are excluded unless they are earned and payed regularly (at least once a month). Employee benefits paid by the employer, as well as tips and payments in kind, are excluded.

Total hours during the pay period include all hours worked (including overtime hours), and hours paid for holidays, vacations, and sick leave. Total hours differs from the concept of scheduled hours worked. The average weekly hours reflects effects of numerous factors such as unpaid absenteeism, labor turnover, part-time work, strikes, and fluctuations in work schedules for economic reasons. Overtime hours in manufacturing are collected where overtime premiums were paid if hours were in excess of the number of straight time hours in a workday or workweek.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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