Transportation sector unemployment rate ticked up in April

The unemployment rate for the U.S. transportation sector in April was 3.9% before seasonal adjustments, up 0.3 basis points from April 2025, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The April transportation unemployment rate was slightly lower than the overall U.S. unemployment rate, which was 4% unadjusted in April, up 0.1 basis point from April 2025.

Seasonally adjusted, April transportation and warehousing employment totaled 6.6 million, up 0.5% from March, but down 1.1% from April 2025, U.S. Department of Transportation officials said in a press release.

Rail transportation employment in April totaled 149,300, down 0.4% from March's level and down 4.1% from 179,600 in the same month last year.