BTS: Transportation Equipment Prices Up 2.6% Year over Year; Truck and Water Services Up 19.3%; Airline Jobs Top 1.03 Million
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported on October 15 that the transportation equipment Producer Price Index rose 2.6% from September 2025 to September 2026. Over the same period, prices for transportation services changed by mode: air +6.4%, rail +1.3%, truck +19.3%, water +19.3%, and arrangement of freight and cargo +3.6%. The PPI for all services rose 6.3%, with transportation contributing 15.1% of that increase. The index is produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
On employment, BTS data for August show U.S. passenger and cargo airlines employed 1,038,900 people, up 933 from the prior month: 553,911 in scheduled passenger aviation (54%) and 480,518 in cargo (46%). In full-time equivalents, passenger airlines counted 523,304 (down 1,500) and cargo 365,238 (up 1,370, or 0.38%). The next update is scheduled for November 9.
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 美国西南航空的波音737客机（资料图）。（图：Acroterion，CC BY-SA 4.0，经Wikimedia Commons）
