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Support Activities for Transportation: NAICS 488
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About the Support Activities for Transportation subsector
The support activities for transportation subsector is part of the transportation and warehousing sector.
Industries in the Support Activities for Transportation subsector provide services which support transportation. These services may be provided to transportation carrier establishments or to the general public. This subsector includes a wide array of establishments, including air traffic control services, marine cargo handling, and motor vehicle towing.
North American Industry Classification System
The support activities for transportation subsector consists of these industry groups:
- Support Activities for Air Transportation: NAICS 4881
- Support Activities for Rail Transportation: NAICS 4882
- Support Activities for Water Transportation: NAICS 4883
- Support Activities for Road Transportation: NAICS 4884
- Freight Transportation Arrangement: NAICS 4885
- Other Support Activities for Transportation: NAICS 4889
Workforce Statistics
This section provides information relating to employment in support activities for 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 |
Dec. 2024 |
Jan. 2025 |
Feb. 2025 |
Mar. 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Employment (in thousands) |
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Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted) |
|
843.9 | 842.7 | (p)843.2 | (p)847.1 |
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|
718.9 | 705.3 | (p)704.6 | ||
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Employment by Occupation
| Data series | Employment, 2024 |
|---|---|
| 43,330 | |
| 64,280 | |
| 18,140 | |
| 59,750 | |
| 72,250 |
(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 support activities for 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 support activities for transportation.
Earnings and Hours of All Employees
| Data series | Back data |
Nov. 2024 |
Dec. 2024 |
Jan. 2025 |
Feb. 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
$34.73 | $34.73 | $34.56 | (p)$34.83 | |
|
|
37.9 | 38.6 | 38.6 | (p)38.8 | |
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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 |
Nov. 2024 |
Dec. 2024 |
Jan. 2025 |
Feb. 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
$30.25 | $30.16 | $30.20 | (p)$30.35 | |
|
|
38.7 | 38.8 | 38.9 | (p)39.1 | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Earnings by Occupation
| Data series | Wages, 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly | Annual | |||
| Median | Mean | Median | Mean | |
| 32.28 | 33.86 | 67,140 | 70,420 | |
| 23.79 | 26.64 | 49,480 | 55,420 | |
| 21.72 | 23.09 | 45,170 | 48,020 | |
| 20.42 | 21.94 | 42,470 | 45,630 | |
| 23.68 | 25.95 | 49,260 | 53,980 | |
(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 support activities for 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fatalities |
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| 110 | ||||
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There was a series break beginning with 2023 data due to NAICS 2022. Data for years prior to 2023 are available at www.bls.gov/iif. |
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| Data series | 2023 |
|---|---|
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers |
|
| 2.3 | |
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer |
1.6 |
| 1.0 | |
| 0.6 | |
|
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
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(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)
Prices
This section provides industry-specific pricing information. The producer price index measures the percentage change in prices that domestic producers receive for goods and services. The prices included in the producer price index are from the first commercial transaction.
| Data series | Back data |
Dec. 2024 |
Jan. 2025 |
Feb. 2025 |
Mar. 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
(p)148.321 | (p)148.927 | (p)147.479 | (p)147.930 | |
Percent change from previous month |
(p)0.3% | (p)0.4% | (p)-1.0% | (p)0.3% | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Producer Price Indexes)
Workplace Trends
This section presents data on the number of establishments in support activities for transportation.
Establishments
| Data series | Back data |
4th quarter 2023 |
1st quarter 2024 |
2nd quarter 2024 |
3rd quarter 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of establishments |
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57,595 | (p)57,986 | (p)58,228 | (p)58,611 | |
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|
865 | (p)862 | (p)863 | (p)864 | |
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|
378 | (p)373 | (p)373 | (p)374 | |
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|
129 | (p)130 | (p)130 | (p)130 | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)
Data extracted on: April 29, 2025