Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson is pleased to note that the transportation sector added 5,700 jobs in August as the U.S. unemployment rate ticked down to 8.1 percent.
As Senior Ranking Texan on the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, Congresswoman Johnson has been an outspoken advocate for investment in our nation's transportation and infrastructure needs as a means to create good paying jobs for Americans. She is the author of numerous bills that have created transportation and infrastructure sector jobs that have put Americans back to work.
As Senior Ranking Texan on the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, Congresswoman Johnson has been an outspoken advocate for investment in our nation's transportation and infrastructure needs as a means to create good paying jobs for Americans. She is the author of numerous bills that have created transportation and infrastructure sector jobs that have put Americans back to work.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics report showed employment in the transportation sector increased from 4,379,700 in July to 4,385,400 last month.
The transportation sector employment numbers were up from 4,301,000 in August of 2011.
The sector with the highest number of gains in transportation, according to the BLS, was transit and ground passenger transportation, which had 438,300 jobs in August, compared to 433,300 jobs in July.
The largest number of jobs gains in transportation was in trucking, where 1.351 million people were working, compared to 1.350 million in July.
The bureau found employed in the aviation industry ticked down slightly, going from 458,600 in July to 457,000. Rail companies employed 230,700 people in August, compared to 233,000 in July.
The sector with the highest number of gains in transportation, according to the BLS, was transit and ground passenger transportation, which had 438,300 jobs in August, compared to 433,300 jobs in July.
The largest number of jobs gains in transportation was in trucking, where 1.351 million people were working, compared to 1.350 million in July.
The bureau found employed in the aviation industry ticked down slightly, going from 458,600 in July to 457,000. Rail companies employed 230,700 people in August, compared to 233,000 in July.
