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The truck transportation subsector is part of the transportation and warehousing sector.
Industries in the Truck Transportation subsector provide over-the-road transportation of cargo using motor vehicles, such as trucks and tractor trailers. The subsector is subdivided into general freight trucking and specialized freight trucking. This distinction reflects differences in equipment used, type of load carried, scheduling, terminal, and other networking services. General freight transportation establishments handle a wide variety of general commodities, generally palletized, and transported in a container or van trailer. Specialized freight transportation is the transportation of cargo that, because of size, weight, shape, or other inherent characteristics require specialized equipment for transportation.
North American Industry Classification System
The truck transportation subsector consists of these industry groups:
This section provides information relating to employment in truck transportation. These data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.
Data series | Back data |
Jun. 2024 |
Jul. 2024 |
Aug. 2024 |
Sep. 2024 |
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Employment (in thousands) |
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Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted) |
1,546.9 | 1,545.0 | (p)1,544.3 | (p)1,543.6 | |
1,358.2 | 1,361.1 | (p)1,364.7 | |||
Footnotes |
(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Data series | Employment, 2023 |
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56,460 | |
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
43,160 |
106,450 | |
917,010 | |
52,170 |
(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)
For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for truck transportation.
(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)
This section presents data on employee earnings and weekly hours. The latest industry averages of hourly earnings and weekly hours are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in truck transportation.
Data series | Back data |
May 2024 |
Jun. 2024 |
Jul. 2024 |
Aug. 2024 |
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$31.27 | $31.21 | $31.40 | (p)$31.33 | ||
40.2 | 40.7 | 39.9 | (p)40.4 | ||
Footnotes |
(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Data series | Back data |
May 2024 |
Jun. 2024 |
Jul. 2024 |
Aug. 2024 |
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$29.95 | $29.84 | $29.96 | (p)$30.04 | ||
40.0 | 40.6 | 39.8 | (p)40.0 | ||
Footnotes |
(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Data series | Wages, 2023 | |||
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Hourly | Annual | |||
Median | Mean | Median | Mean | |
25.40 | 26.19 | 52,820 | 54,470 | |
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
32.85 | 33.14 | 68,330 | 68,920 |
21.05 | 21.09 | 43,780 | 43,860 | |
27.81 | 27.77 | 57,830 | 57,760 | |
21.30 | 22.77 | 44,300 | 47,350 |
(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)
This section presents data for the industry on the number of workplace fatalities and the rates of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in truck transportation. An injury or illness is considered to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing condition.
Data series | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Fatalities |
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617 | 563 | 656 | 706 | |
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
Data series | 2022 |
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Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers |
|
3.2 | |
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer |
2.4 |
1.7 | |
0.7 | |
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)
This section provides industry-specific pricing information. The producer price index measures the percentage change in prices that domestic producers receive for goods and services. The prices included in the producer price index are from the first commercial transaction.
Data series | Back data |
Jun. 2024 |
Jul. 2024 |
Aug. 2024 |
Sep. 2024 |
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(p)186.883 | (p)191.108 | (p)185.696 | (p)185.353 | ||
Percent change from previous month |
(p)-0.1% | (p)2.3% | (p)-2.8% | (p)-0.2% | |
Footnotes |
(Source: Producer Price Indexes)
This section presents data on the number of establishments in truck transportation.
Data series | Back data |
2nd quarter 2023 |
3rd quarter 2023 |
4th quarter 2023 |
1st quarter 2024 |
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Number of establishments |
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180,776 | 182,118 | 182,012 | (p)182,612 | ||
2 | 2 | 2 | (p)2 | ||
Footnotes |
(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)
This section presents productivity and related data for the industry, presented as the percent change from the previous year. Measures of total factor productivity (TFP) compare growth in output to the growth in a combination of inputs that include labor, capital, energy, materials, and services. Measures of labor productivity, or output per hour, compare the growth in output to the growth in hours worked.
Data series | Back data |
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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-1.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | -4.7 | ||
-0.4 | -0.7 | 6.2 | 1.2 | ||
1.2 | -2.0 | 5.1 | 6.3 | ||
4.2 | 1.3 | -0.5 | 0.0 | ||
2.0 | -5.7 | 7.0 | 2.0 | ||
-2.2 | 5.5 | -0.7 | -0.6 |
(Source: Productivity)
Data extracted on: October 11, 2024