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| Highway Statistics 2003 | OHPI > Highway Statistics > 2003 > Hwy Finance > Table PT-6 |
| OCTOBER 2004 | Table 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 3,599 | 91,990 | 25,562 | 57,494 | 16 | 751 | 8.17 |
| 1981 | 6,171 | 133,708 | 21,667 | 83,568 | 14 | 1,221 | 9.13 |
| 1982 | 6,561 | 133,331 | 20,322 | 83,332 | 13 | 1,269 | 9.52 |
| 1983 | 5,433 | 107,169 | 19,726 | 66,981 | 12 | 1,101 | 10.28 |
| 1984 | 5,361 | 92,691 | 17,291 | 57,932 | 11 | 1,057 | 11.40 |
| 1985 | 5,168 | 84,371 | 16,327 | 52,732 | 10 | 998 | 11.83 |
| 1986 | 6,369 | 102,216 | 16,048 | 63,885 | 10 | 1,267 | 12.40 |
| 1987 | 6,226 | 98,152 | 15,764 | 61,345 | 10 | 1,285 | 13.09 |
| 1988 | 5,847 | 92,830 | 15,878 | 58,019 | 10 | 1,285 | 13.84 |
| 1989 | 7,785 | 123,083 | 15,810 | 76,927 | 10 | 1,633 | 13.27 |
| 1990 | 7,243 | 106,037 | 14,640 | 66,273 | 9 | 1,526 | 14.39 |
| 1991 | 8,062 | 116,983 | 14,510 | 73,114 | 9 | 1,671 | 14.29 |
| 1992 | 6,940 | 95,523 | 13,764 | 59,702 | 9 | 1,492 | 15.62 |
| 1993 | 7,524 | 98,850 | 13,138 | 61,781 | 8 | 1,547 | 15.65 |
| 1994 | 6,418 | 81,272 | 12,663 | 50,795 | 8 | 1,281 | 15.76 |
| 1995 | 7,267 | 88,850 | 12,227 | 55,531 | 8 | 1,459 | 16.42 |
| 1996 | 6,951 | 81,233 | 11,687 | 50,771 | 7 | 1,350 | 16.62 |
| 1997 | 4,875 | 52,302 | 10,729 | 32,689 | 7 | 1,004 | 19.20 |
| 1998 | 5,547 | 57,818 | 10,423 | 36,136 | 7 | 1,099 | 19.01 |
| 1999 | 3,706 | 36,699 | 9,894 | 22,916 | 6 | 674 | 18.39 |
| 2000 | 4,922 | 44,939 | 9,130 | 28,087 | 6 | 957 | 21.30 |
| 2001 | 3,738 | 34,869 | 9,328 | 21,793 | 6 | 704 | 20.19 |
| 2002 | 4,843 | 43,281 | 8,937 | 27,051 | 6 | 954 | 22.04 |
| 2003 | 4,701 | 39,658 | 8,436 | 24,786 | 4 | 877 | 22.11 |
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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