(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 22, 2020)
Class Is employed 116,128 workers in mid-June, down 2.31 percent from May’s employment levels and down 17.99 percent year over year, according to Surface Transportation Board (STB) data. All employment categories logged month-to-month decreases. They were maintenance of equipment and stores, down 6.13 percent to 19,985 people; transportation (train and engine), down 2.57 percent to 42,536; transportation (other than train and engine), down 1.36 percent to 5,135; professional and administrative, down 0.77 percent to 10,512; executives, officials and staff assistants, down 0.46 percent to 7,591; and maintenance of way and structures, down 0.45 percent to 30,369. Year over year, the category of transportation employees (train and engine) was down 28.63 percent.
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