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Industries at a Glance
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Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation: NAICS 485
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About the Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation subsector
The transit and ground passenger transportation subsector is part of the transportation and warehousing sector.
Industries in the Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation subsector include a variety of passenger transportation activities, such as urban transit systems; chartered bus, school bus, and interurban bus transportation; and taxis. These activities are distinguished based primarily on such production process factors as vehicle types, routes, and schedules.
North American Industry Classification System
The transit and ground passenger transportation subsector consists of these industry groups:
- Urban Transit Systems: NAICS 4851
- Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation: NAICS 4852
- Taxi and Limousine Service: NAICS 4853
- School and Employee Bus Transportation: NAICS 4854
- Charter Bus Industry: NAICS 4855
- Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation: NAICS 4859
Workforce Statistics
This section provides information relating to employment in transit and ground passenger transportation. These data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.
Employment
| Data series | Back data |
Aug. 2024 |
Sep. 2024 |
Oct. 2024 |
Nov. 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Employment (in thousands) |
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Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted) |
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440.0 | 450.9 | (p)452.9 | (p)454.7 |
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329.5 | 414.0 | (p)420.2 | ||
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Employment by Occupation
| Data series | Employment, 2023 |
|---|---|
| 12,190 | |
| 51,780 | |
| 14,960 | |
(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)
Projections
For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for transit and ground passenger transportation.
(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)
Earnings and Hours
This section presents data on employee earnings and weekly hours. The latest industry averages of hourly earnings and weekly hours are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in transit and ground passenger transportation.
Earnings and Hours of All Employees
| Data series | Back data |
Jul. 2024 |
Aug. 2024 |
Sep. 2024 |
Oct. 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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$28.40 | $28.30 | $28.12 | (p)$27.95 | |
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33.5 | 33.0 | 34.5 | (p)34.3 | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees
| Data series | Back data |
Jul. 2024 |
Aug. 2024 |
Sep. 2024 |
Oct. 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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$25.32 | $25.14 | $25.46 | (p)$25.44 | |
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33.1 | 32.7 | 34.5 | (p)33.4 | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Earnings by Occupation
| Data series | Wages, 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly | Annual | |||
| Median | Mean | Median | Mean | |
| 28.65 | 28.10 | 59,590 | 58,450 | |
| 23.00 | 23.66 | 47,830 | 49,210 | |
| 18.49 | 20.22 | 38,460 | 42,060 | |
(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)
Work-related Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses
This section presents data for the industry on the number of workplace fatalities and the rates of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in transit and ground passenger transportation. An injury or illness is considered to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing condition.
| Data series | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fatalities |
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| 68 | 45 | 70 | 73 | |
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Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
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| Data series | 2023 |
|---|---|
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers |
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| 3.8 | |
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer |
2.5 |
| 2.0 | |
| 0.5 | |
|
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
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(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)
Workplace Trends
This section presents data on the number of establishments in transit and ground passenger transportation.
Establishments
| Data series | Back data |
3rd quarter 2023 |
4th quarter 2023 |
1st quarter 2024 |
2nd quarter 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of establishments |
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21,799 | 21,871 | (p)22,250 | (p)22,318 | |
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1,772 | 1,777 | (p)1,780 | (p)1,781 | |
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59 | 59 | (p)58 | (p)58 | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)
Productivity
This section presents productivity and related data for the industry, presented as the percent change from the previous year. Measures of total factor productivity (TFP) compare growth in output to the growth in a combination of inputs that include labor, capital, energy, materials, and services. Measures of labor productivity, or output per hour, compare the growth in output to the growth in hours worked.
| Data series | Back data |
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6.3 | 5.9 | 1.9 | 5.6 | |
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-31.9 | 16.6 | 33.1 | 21.0 | |
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-35.9 | 10.1 | 30.6 | 14.5 | |
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6.3 | 0.5 | -3.3 | -3.7 | |
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-32.6 | 1.8 | 24.3 | 6.1 | |
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2.0 | 14.1 | 7.9 | 14.1 |
(Source: Productivity)
Data extracted on: December 10, 2024