July 2023 U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment (4.9%) Rises Above the July 2022 Level (4.2%) And the Pre-Pandemic July 2019 Level (4.2%) Friday, August 4, 2023
The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 4.9% (not seasonally adjusted) in July 2023 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). These data have been updated on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' (BTS) Unemployment in Transportation dashboard. In July 2023, the transportation sector unemployment rate rose 0.7 percentage points from 4.2% in July 2022 and was above the pre-pandemic July 2019 level of 4.2%. Unemployment in the transportation sector reached its highest level during the COVID-19 pandemic (15.7%) in May 2020 and July 2020.
Seasonally adjusted, employment in the transportation and warehousing sector fell to 6,721,500 in July 2023 — down 0.1% from the previous month but up 0.3% from July 2022. Employment in transportation and warehousing grew 18.2% in July 2023 from the pre-pandemic July 2019 level of 5,688,000. By mode (seasonally adjusted):
NOTES: July 2019 and July 2023 employment (seasonally adjusted) not shown for water (66,000 and 66,900, respectively) or pipeline (51,800 and 47,100, respectively) transportation. All-time highs (seasonally adjusted) with records beginning in 1990: air March 2001 (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 Unemployment in Transportation and the Employment in Transportation: Total, by Mode, and Women dashboards, BTS also updated the Race and Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity of Transportation Workers dashboard.
Monthly Employment in the Transportation and Warehousing Sector, Establishment Data
Monthly Employment in the Transportation and Warehousing Sector by Race and Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity, Household Data Visit Transportation Economic Trends for more topics.
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