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10/19/2022
Class Is employed 117,582 workers in the United States as of mid-September, a 0.49% increase from August employment levels and a 2.95% increase year over year, according to Surface Transportation Board data.
Five of six employment categories registered employment increases between August and September. They were: transportation (train and engine), up 0.85% to 49,173 employees; maintenance of equipment and stores, up 0.84% to 17,556; executives, officials and staff assistants, up 0.24% to 7,919; professional and administrative, up 0.19% to 9,810; and transportation (other than train and engine), up 0.04% to 4,718.
The one category that posted a month-to-month decrease in employment was maintenance of way and structures, which fell 0.11% to 28,406 workers.
Year over year, the following five categories registered increases: executives, officials and staff assistants, up 9.26%; transportation (train and engine), up 4.79%; maintenance of equipment and stores, up 2.1%; transportation (other than train and engine), up 0.51%; and maintenance of way and structures, up 0.29%.
The professional and administrative category logged a 0.21% decrease in the number of employees as of mid-September compared to the year-ago level.