Truck Transportation: NAICS 484

About the Truck Transportation subsector

The truck transportation subsector is part of the transportation and warehousing sector.

The truck transportation subsector consists of these industry groups:

• General Freight Trucking: NAICS 4841
• Specialized Freight Trucking: NAICS 4842

Workforce Statistics

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.

Employment

Data series	Back data	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		1,516.8	1,519.1	(p)1,516.3	(p)1,525.9
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		1,324.1	1,303.0	(p)1,297.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2024
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	57,300
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	40,830
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	107,290
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	892,450
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	49,890

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Projections

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)

Earnings and Hours

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.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025
Average hourly earnings		$31.47	$31.62	$31.75	(p)$32.05
Average weekly hours		39.8	40.6	40.0	(p)39.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025
Average hourly earnings		$30.10	$30.16	$30.09	(p)$30.50
Average weekly hours		40.3	40.8	40.1	(p)40.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2024
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	27.58	27.50	57,360	57,190
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	34.70	34.11	72,180	70,960
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	21.62	21.72	44,980	45,180
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	28.64	29.02	59,570	60,350
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	21.65	22.54	45,030	46,890

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Work-related Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses

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	2020	2021	2022	2023
Fatalities
Number of fatalities				626
There was a series break beginning with 2023 data due to NAICS 2022. Data for years prior to 2023 are available at www.bls.gov/iif.

Data series	2023
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	3.0
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	2.3
Cases involving days away from work	1.6
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	0.7
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)

Prices

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	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025
Producer price index		(p)182.528	(p)188.599	(p)188.026	(p)189.026
Percent change from previous month		(p)2.7%	(p)3.3%	(p)-0.3%	(p)0.5%
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in truck transportation.

Establishments

Data series	Back data	4th quarter 2023	1st quarter 2024	2nd quarter 2024	3rd quarter 2024
Number of establishments
Private industry		182,012	(p)181,092	(p)181,219	(p)181,817
Local government				(p)1
State government
Federal government		2	(p)2	(p)2	(p)2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

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	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total factor productivity (TFP)		1.1	1.6	-6.0	1.3
Output		1.2	5.7	-1.3	-4.3
Combined inputs		0.2	4.0	4.9	-5.5
Capital input		1.9	-0.4	0.8	2.2
Labor input		-5.3	6.8	1.7	-3.8
Labor productivity, output per hour		7.1	-1.1	-2.8	-0.7

(Source: Productivity)

 

Data extracted on: April 29, 2025