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DIRECT ON SITE EMPLOYMENT RATES ON FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS 1/
1980 - 2001

OCTOBER 2002Table PT-6
YEAR
2/
FINAL
CONSTRUCTION
COSTS
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
TOTAL LABOR
HOURS
(THOUSANDS) 3/
LABOR
HOURS PER
MILLION
DOLLARS
NUMBER
OF JOBS 4/
NUMBER OF
JOBS PER
MILLION
DOLLARS
GROSS LABOR
EARNINGS
(MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS)
COST PER
LABOR
HOUR
(DOLLARS)
19803,59991,99025,56257,494167518.17
19816,171133,70821,66783,568141,2219.13
19826,561133,33120,32283,332131,2699.52
19835,433107,16919,72666,981121,10110.28
19845,36192,69117,29157,932111,05711.40
19855,16884,37116,32752,7321099811.83
19866,369102,21616,04863,885101,26712.40
19876,22698,15215,76461,345101,28513.09
19885,84792,83015,87858,019101,28513.84
19897,785123,08315,81076,927101,63313.27
19907,243106,03714,64066,27391,52614.39
19918,062116,98314,51073,11491,67114.29
19926,94095,52313,76459,70291,49215.62
19937,52498,85013,13861,78181,54715.65
19946,41881,27212,66350,79581,28115.76
19957,26788,85012,22755,53181,45916.42
19966,95181,23311,68750,77171,35016.62
19974,87552,30210,72932,68971,00419.20
19985,54757,81810,42336,13671,09919.01
19993,70636,6999,89422,916667418.39
20004,92244,9399,13028,087695721.30
20013,73834,8699,32821,793670420.19

1/ Data comes from reports submitted by contractors to the Office of Program Administration in the Office of Infrastructure upon completion of projects costing at least $1 million. Prior to ISTEA, data were not collected for projects on the Federal-aid secondary FAS) system or off the Federal-aid systems. Since ISTEA and TEA-21, only NHS data are collected.

2/ The year shown is the year FHWA received the report of the completed project.

3/ Labor hours shown are for "on-site" work only, and do not include off-site work at materials plants, suppliers, office staff, management, etc.

4/ Number of jobs equals total hours divided by 1600.


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