Employment in Shipbuilding and Repairing
Most recent update: June 30, 2009.
Sources: MARAD/Bureau of Labor Statistics (SIC 3731)
(These data used to appear in MARAD's Annual Survey of Shipyards, but it has not been published since 2004.)
|
Year |
Total |
Production |
|---|---|---|
|
1923 |
68,100 |
|
|
1924 |
55,500 |
|
|
1925 |
55,000 |
|
|
1926 |
58,000 |
|
|
1927 |
60,300 |
|
|
1928 |
47,300 |
|
|
1929 |
60,300 |
|
|
1930 |
63,900 |
|
|
1931 |
49,400 |
|
|
1932 |
39,700 |
|
|
1933 |
33,800 |
|
|
1934 |
44,400 |
|
|
1935 |
48,700 |
|
|
1936 |
62,300 |
|
|
1937 |
67,700 |
|
|
1938 |
59,200 |
|
|
1939 |
72,500 |
|
|
1940 |
102,700 |
|
|
1941 |
237,000 |
|
|
1942 |
762,000 |
|
|
1943 |
1,337,000 |
|
|
1944 |
1,243,200 |
|
|
1945 |
742,200 |
|
|
1946 |
Not Available |
|
|
1947 |
137,000 |
|
|
1948 |
124,000 |
|
|
1949 |
88,000 |
|
|
1950 |
72,000 |
|
|
1951 |
102,000 |
|
|
1952 |
134,000 |
|
|
1953 |
131,000 |
|
|
1954 |
108,000 |
|
|
1955 |
101,000 |
|
|
1956 |
110,000 |
|
|
1957 |
127,000 |
|
|
1958 |
123,000 |
|
|
1959 |
117,000 |
|
|
1960 |
112,000 |
|
|
1961 |
116,000 |
|
|
1962 |
116,000 |
|
|
1963 |
113,000 |
|
|
1964 |
117,000 |
|
|
1965 |
129,000 |
|
|
1966 |
144,000 |
|
|
1967 |
140,000 |
|
|
1968 |
141,000 |
|
|
1969 |
142,000 |
|
|
1970 |
133,000 |
|
|
1971 |
131,000 |
|
|
1972 |
138,000 |
|
|
1973 |
149,000 |
|
|
1974 |
161,000 |
|
|
1975 |
154,000 |
|
|
1976 |
168,000 |
|
|
1977 |
174,100 |
|
|
1978 |
172,000 |
|
|
1979 |
173,300 |
|
|
1980 |
178,000 |
|
|
1981 |
186,700 |
|
|
1982 |
171,600 |
112,500 |
|
1983 |
142,700 |
98,600 |
|
1984 |
145,800 |
95,900 |
|
1985 |
138,300 |
86,300 |
|
1986 |
131,000 |
82,800 |
|
1987 |
124,100 |
80,300 |
|
1988 |
122,600 |
83,600 |
|
1989 |
125,600 |
81,400 |
|
1990 |
130,300 |
82,400 |
|
1991 |
131,000 |
77,800 |
|
1992 |
123,800 |
72,000 |
|
1993 |
112,300 |
66,400 |
|
1994 |
107,200 |
65,500 |
|
1995 |
105,000 |
58,200 |
|
1996 |
100,400 |
54,200 |
|
1997 |
98,600 |
50,000 |
|
1998 |
104,400 |
53,700 |
|
1999 |
100,500 |
52,500 |
|
2000 |
95,100 | 47,600 |
|
2001 |
95,000 | 46,500 |
|
2002 |
94,400 | 44,900 |
|
2003 |
94,500 | 45,100 |
|
2004 |
97,800 | 47,000 |