Employment in the Major Shipbuilders
Most recent update: February 13, 2009.
Source: MARAD
(1) Figures for 1998, 1999 and 2000 are from sources other than MARAD or are estimated, because MARAD failed to publish the statutorily required annual survey in those years. In addition, MARAD has not published the survey since 2004.
(2) Figures for Electric Boat from 1973 through 1984 are estimated.
Year | Atlantic Coast | Gulf Coast | Pacific Coast | Great Lakes | Major Builders | % of Total | All Other Yards | % of Total | All Private-Sector Shipyards | Year | ||||||||||||||
Bath Iron Works | Bethlehem Sparrows Point | Electric Boat | Quincy | Newport News | Seatrain | Sun Ship | Alabama | Avondale | Bethlehem Beaumont | Ingalls | Levingston | Lockheed | NASSCO | Todd San Pedro | Todd Seattle | AmShip Lorain | Bay | |||||||
1973 | 2,245 | 3,925 | 20,000 | 2,440 | 26,600 | 2,725 | 4,080 | 2,640 | 7,330 | 2,735 | 17,000 | 1,850 | 1,500 | 3,310 | 1,350 | 565 | 730 | 615 | 101,640 | 68% | 47,360 | 32% | 149,000 | 1973 |
1974 | 3,840 | 3,560 | 20,000 | 2,800 | 24,000 | 3,135 | 3,675 | 2,930 | 6,350 | 2,840 | 18,890 | 1,850 | 1,900 | 4,700 | 3,440 | 1,765 | 930 | 800 | 107,405 | 67% | 53,595 | 33% | 161,000 | 1974 |
1975 | 3,675 | 4,270 | 20,000 | 4,650 | 22,400 | 2,000 | 4,450 | 3,200 | 6,440 | 3,075 | 22,500 | 2,080 | 1,740 | 5,230 | 2,460 | 1,200 | 820 | 1,100 | 111,290 | 72% | 42,710 | 28% | 154,000 | 1975 |
1976 | 3,300 | 4,040 | 20,000 | 4,800 | 23,600 | 2,000 | 3,700 | 3,730 | 6,300 | 1,320 | 23,760 | 2,010 | 1,700 | 6,300 | 2,035 | 400 | 800 | 1,200 | 110,995 | 66% | 57,005 | 34% | 168,000 | 1976 |
1977 | 3,430 | 3,225 | 20,800 | 5,080 | 26,000 | 1,790 | 4,480 | 3,430 | 6,900 | 1,240 | 24,900 | 2,100 | 2,875 | 6,050 | 1,640 | 1,060 | 1,000 | 1,540 | 117,540 | 68% | 56,560 | 32% | 174,100 | 1977 |
1978 | 4,460 | 3,350 | 20,000 | 5,860 | 25,000 | 1,820 | 3,920 | 2,640 | 6,180 | 1,800 | 20,750 | 1,800 | 2,990 | 5,430 | 2,622 | 2,000 | 1,116 | 1,900 | 113,638 | 66% | 58,362 | 34% | 172,000 | 1978 |
1979 | 5,311 | 2,450 | 17,920 | 4,856 | 22,400 | 4,000 | 1,500 | 7,494 | 1,937 | 16,926 | 2,069 | 2,370 | 6,356 | 3,124 | 3,770 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 105,483 | 61% | 67,817 | 39% | 173,300 | 1979 | |
1980 | 6,119 | 2,866 | 18,320 | 3,650 | 22,900 | 4,100 | 2,300 | 7,507 | 2,177 | 11,170 | 2,380 | 1,700 | 6,600 | 4,414 | 4,680 | 930 | 1,550 | 103,363 | 58% | 74,637 | 42% | 178,000 | 1980 | |
1981 | 6,565 | 2,964 | 19,200 | 2,700 | 24,000 | 2,158 | 2,019 | 7,300 | 2,300 | 12,700 | 2,470 | 2,230 | 6,775 | 5,241 | 4,780 | 100 | 1,500 | 105,002 | 56% | 81,698 | 44% | 186,700 | 1981 | |
1982 | 7,300 | 500 | 20,000 | 2,800 | 25,000 | 1,450 | 2,900 | 5,360 | 1,500 | 12,350 | 1,200 | 2,000 | 6,180 | 5,761 | 4,500 | 360 | 1,100 | 100,261 | 58% | 71,339 | 42% | 171,600 | 1982 | |
1983 | 7,720 | 1,556 | 22,608 | 2,400 | 28,260 | 1,240 | 2,700 | 5,188 | 1,167 | 10,200 | 200 | 3,000 | 3,463 | 5,000 | 3,056 | 50 | 273 | 98,081 | 69% | 44,619 | 31% | 142,700 | 1983 | |
1984 | 6,800 | 2,240 | 22,490 | 4,900 | 28,112 | 1,120 | 465 | 4,342 | 1,690 | 9,760 | 200 | 2,799 | 4,770 | 3,340 | 1,730 | 243 | 95,001 | 65% | 50,799 | 35% | 145,800 | 1984 | ||
1985 | 6,795 | 1,185 | 24,400 | 4,420 | 30,000 | 1,190 | 650 | 4,600 | 900 | 11,550 | 2,047 | 4,630 | 2,700 | 975 | 589 | 96,631 | 70% | 41,669 | 30% | 138,300 | 1985 | |||
1986 | 6,680 | 1,290 | 24,527 | 28,500 | 1,200 | 950 | 5,600 | 150 | 12,700 | 1,450 | 3,920 | 2,640 | 850 | 1,500 | 91,957 | 70% | 39,043 | 30% | 131,000 | 1986 | ||||
1987 | 7,500 | 1,970 | 19,808 | 25,350 | 1,870 | 590 | 6,450 | 500 | 11,850 | 2,145 | 1,548 | 930 | 980 | 81,491 | 66% | 42,609 | 34% | 124,100 | 1987 | |||||
1988 | 8,524 | 1,980 | 23,220 | 27,000 | 1,685 | 560 | 6,650 | 11,650 | 2,015 | 1,150 | 1,670 | 120 | 86,224 | 70% | 36,376 | 30% | 122,600 | 1988 | ||||||
1989 | 9,600 | 1,252 | 21,827 | 26,000 | 130 | 7,782 | 10,500 | 2,650 | 1,670 | 1,576 | 82,987 | 66% | 42,613 | 34% | 125,600 | 1989 | ||||||||
1990 | 10,516 | 1,107 | 22,247 | 25,945 | 190 | 6,512 | 12,978 | 3,950 | 2,552 | 479 | 86,476 | 66% | 43,824 | 34% | 130,300 | 1990 | ||||||||
1991 | 9,504 | 539 | 18,001 | 27,000 | 239 | 7,211 | 15,531 | 3,931 | 1,278 | 479 | 83,713 | 64% | 47,287 | 36% | 131,000 | 1991 | ||||||||
1992 | 9,298 | 1,279 | 19,222 | 24,442 | 264 | 6,008 | 16,072 | 4,085 | 705 | 161 | 81,536 | 66% | 42,264 | 34% | 123,800 | 1992 | ||||||||
1993 | 8,663 | 617 | 17,912 | 22,501 | 264 | 5,045 | 15,289 | 4,085 | 902 | 111 | 75,389 | 67% | 36,911 | 33% | 112,300 | 1993 | ||||||||
1994 | 8,540 | 828 | 16,618 | 20,900 | 330 | 5,776 | 14,733 | 3,271 | 700 | 127 | 71,823 | 67% | 35,377 | 33% | 107,200 | 1994 | ||||||||
1995 | 8,300 | 622 | 15,111 | 19,500 | 218 | 5,150 | 14,081 | 4,500 | 800 | 128 | 68,410 | 65% | 36,590 | 35% | 105,000 | 1995 | ||||||||
1996 | 7,501 | 959 | 12,824 | 18,000 | 697 | 5,178 | 11,305 | 4,085 | 1,050 | 128 | 61,727 | 61% | 38,673 | 39% | 100,400 | 1996 | ||||||||
1997 | 7,236 | 857 | 10,303 | 18,236 | 709 | 5,114 | 9,420 | 4,293 | 1,050 | 128 | 57,346 | 58% | 41,254 | 42% | 98,600 | 1997 | ||||||||
1998 | 7,133 | 770 | 10,000 | 18,000 | 694 | 5,550 | 10,800 | 3,951 | 1,120 | 183 | 58,201 | 56% | 46,199 | 44% | 104,400 | 1998 | ||||||||
1999 | 7,029 | 680 | 9,700 | 17,300 | 679 | 5,500 | 11,100 | 3,609 | 1,100 | 238 | 56,935 | 57% | 43,565 | 43% | 100,500 | 1999 | ||||||||
2000 | 6,926 | 590 | 9,400 | 18,000 | 664 | 5,500 | 10,600 | 3,267 | 900 | 295 | 56,142 | 59% | 38,958 | 41% | 95,100 | 2000 | ||||||||
2001 | 6,823 | 500 | 9,239 | 16,968 | 649 | 5,388 | 10,120 | 2,925 | 792 | 350 | 53,754 | 57% | 41,246 | 43% | 95,000 | 2001 | ||||||||
2002 | 6,492 | 462 | 9,791 | 17,856 | 699 | 5,519 | 10,113 | 3,183 | 815 | 502 | 55,432 | 58% | 39,368 | 42% | 94,800 | 2002 | ||||||||
2003 | 6,738 | 8,887 | 17,440 | 139 | 6,953 | 10,523 | 3,637 | 1,195 | 223 | 55,735 | 58% | 39,365 | 42% | 95,100 | 2003 | |||||||||
2004 | 6,546 | 9,660 | 18,718 | 137 | 7,590 | 12,237 | 4,030 | 700 | 514 | 60,132 | 61% | 37,668 | 39% | 97,800 | 2004 |