Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

Employment in Transportation Occupations, United States, 1985-2001

Transportation employed directly in 2001 4.8 million people in the United States, a million more than 15 years earlier. The dominant sector of employment involves motor vehicle operators, namely truck drivers. Transportation employs about 7.5% of the American workforce.

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