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TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION & PUBLIC UTILITIES
(40 - 49)

Employment change from last quarter+ 1.3
Employment change from year ago+ 2.2
Wage change from year ago+ 2.9

QUARTERLY
TCPU experienced another quarter of increases adding 1786 employees for a gain of 1.3% over third quarter. Increases were to some extent influenced by seasonal factors. Air Transportation (45) was the largest increasing sector gaining 1210 employees. Extra flights for holiday traveling and to accommodate skiers pushed employment up by 341 in scheduled air transportation and 143 in airport service. Air Courier Services which staffs up for holiday package delivery added 725. Local Transportation (41) added 354 employees over the quarter. Increases in this sector were also seasonal providing ground transport to ski destinations. The increase of 424 in Communications (48) was not seasonally influenced. Mergers and anticipation of volume sales caused mixed subsector activity. Telephone Communications fell by 744 while Telegraph & Other Message Communications rose by 377 and Cable & Other Pay Television Services rose by 693. Transport Services (47) added 313. Some expansion was reported, but most increases were seasonal. Electric-Gas-Sanitary Service (49) fell by 335. The decline was due to an attrition loss of 109 in Utility Services and project completions cutting 140 in Sanitary Services.
ANNUAL
TCPU gained 3124 employees for an increase of 2.2% over fourth quarter a year ago. Communication (48) had the largest sector increase adding 1151 employees. Subsector activity was mixed. Telegraph & Other Message Communications and Cable & Other Pay Television Services added substantial employment up 1637 and 1434 employees, respectively. Layoffs due to mergers in Telephone Communications caused a decline of 1696 employees, offsetting gains. Air Transportation (45) was second in annual growth adding 1142 employees. Increases in scheduled air transportation in Denver County, home of Denver International Airport, accounted for 1046 of the increase. Growth in Trucking-Warehousing (42) also topped one thousand, up 1026 employees. Trucking gained 806 employees and Warehousing 204. Electric-Gas-Sanitary Services (49) lost 1082 employees over the year. Sanitary Services realized the largest share of the loss down 460 due primarily to project completions at Rocky Flats. Other losses contributing to the sector decline were 247 due to new owner cutbacks in Utilities; SIC changes of about 200 to Local Government from Water Supply; and cutbacks of 183 in Gas Production & Distribution.


Colorado Employment and Wages (ES202) Fourth Quarter 2000