Water transportation employment year-over-year change

Water transportation rose to 70,600 in August 2026 — up 0.4% from the previous month but down 1.3% from August 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2026). August 2026 U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment (4.7%) Falls Below the August 2025 Level (5.9%). Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.bts.gov/newsroom/august-2026-us-transportation-sector-unemployment-47-falls-below-august-2025-level-59. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229N

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U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "August 2026 U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment (4.7%) Falls Below the August 2025 Level (5.9%)." 2026, https://www.bts.gov/newsroom/august-2026-us-transportation-sector-unemployment-47-falls-below-august-2025-level-59. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229N.

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U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "August 2026 U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment (4.7%) Falls Below the August 2025 Level (5.9%)." 2026. https://www.bts.gov/newsroom/august-2026-us-transportation-sector-unemployment-47-falls-below-august-2025-level-59. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229N.

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@misc{bts2026water0d229n, author = {{U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics}}, title = {August 2026 U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment (4.7\%) Falls Below the August 2025 Level (5.9\%)}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229N}, note = {Original source: https://www.bts.gov/newsroom/august-2026-us-transportation-sector-unemployment-47-falls-below-august-2025-level-59. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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