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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the unemployment rate in the US transportation sector in September 2023 was 4.9% (seasonally adjusted). This data was updated by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Transportation Unemployment Panel. In September 2023, the unemployment rate in the transport sector rose by 0.6 percentage points from 4.3% in September 2022, and was higher than the pre-pandemic rate of 3.3% in September 2019. Unemployment in the transport sector reached its highest level during the COVID-19 pandemic (15.7%) in May 2020 and July 2020.
Unemployment in the transport sector was higher than general unemployment. The BLS reports that the seasonally adjusted US unemployment rate in September 2023 was 3.6%, or 1.3 percentage points below the rate for the transportation sector. Seasonally adjusted, the US unemployment rate in September 2023 was 3.8%.
Seasonally adjusted employment in the transportation and warehousing sector rose to 6,702,400 in September 2023, up 0.1% from the previous month, but down 0.3% in September 2022. Employment in the transportation and warehousing sector grew by 17.4% in September 2023 compared to September 2019 before the pandemic. level 5 709 200. By mode (taking into account seasonality):
- Air travel rose to 552,202 in September 2023, up 0.9% from the previous month and up 7.6% from September 2022.
- Freight traffic rose to 1,584,500 in September 2023, up 0.6% from the previous month, but down 0.9% from September 2022.
- Transit and ground passenger traffic fell to 433,800 in September 2023, down 1.2% from the previous month but up 4.2% from September 2022.
- Rail traffic rose to 150,400 in September 2023, up 0.1% from the previous month and up 2.2% from September 2022.
- Water transport fell to 68,700 in September 2023, down 0.1% from the previous month but up 4.2% from September 2022.
- Pipeline shipments rose to 48,500 in September 2023, up 0.8% from the previous month and up 0.6% from September 2022.
- Warehousing and storage fell to 1,884,100 in September 2023, down 0.2% from the previous month and down 3.3% from September 2022.
NOTES: September 2019 and September 2023 employment (seasonally adjusted) not shown for water (66,700 and 68,700 respectively) or pipeline (51,700 and 48,500 respectively). All-time records (seasonally adjusted) with records dating back to 1990: March 2001 broadcast (633,600); pipeline July 1991 (61,200); rail January 1990 (278,100); transit June 2019 (503,800); truck January 2023 (1,611,400); warehousing and storage June 2022 (1,960,300); and water July 2008 (69,400)
In addition to updating the Transportation Unemployment and Transportation Employment: Total, by Occupation and Women dashboards, BTS also updated the Race and Hispanic or Latino Drivers dashboard.
Charts updated this month by section include:
Unemployment in the field of transport and storage, as well as in the field of transport and movement of materials
Monthly employment in the transport and storage sector, establishment data
Monthly Employment in the Transportation and Warehousing Sector by Race and Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity, Household Data
For more information, visit Transportation Economic Trends.
The unemployment rate is the total number of unemployed people expressed as a percentage of the civilian labor force. The civilian labor force includes all employed and unemployed persons aged 16 and over; this means they are either currently employed or actively looking for work. The unemployed are those who have actively looked for work in the past four weeks. People who are waiting to start a new job and have not been actively looking for one in the past four weeks are not counted as employed or unemployed; they are considered out of the labor force.
The unemployed person’s industry is the unemployed person’s most recent job, which may or may not reflect their current job search field or industry.
