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	Aug. 2024	Sep. 2024	Oct. 2024	Nov. 2024
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		1,546.4	1,546.6	(p)1,545.8	(p)1,548.7
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		1,367.4	1,360.7	(p)1,361.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2023
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	56,460
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	43,160
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	106,450
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	917,010
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	52,170

(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	Jul. 2024	Aug. 2024	Sep. 2024	Oct. 2024
Average hourly earnings		$31.40	$31.34	$31.45	(p)$31.32
Average weekly hours		39.9	40.4	40.2	(p)40.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Jul. 2024	Aug. 2024	Sep. 2024	Oct. 2024
Average hourly earnings		$29.96	$29.90	$29.85	(p)$29.84
Average weekly hours		39.8	40.1	40.3	(p)40.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2023
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	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
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	21.05	21.09	43,780	43,860
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	27.81	27.77	57,830	57,760
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	21.30	22.77	44,300	47,350

(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	2019	2020	2021	2022
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	617	563	656	706
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

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	Jul. 2024	Aug. 2024	Sep. 2024	Oct. 2024
Producer price index		(p)191.387	(p)185.351	(p)182.915	(p)181.845
Percent change from previous month		(p)2.4%	(p)-3.2%	(p)-1.3%	(p)-0.6%
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	3rd quarter 2023	4th quarter 2023	1st quarter 2024	2nd quarter 2024
Number of establishments
Private industry		182,118	182,012	(p)181,882	(p)182,753
Local government					(p)1
State government
Federal government		2	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	1.7	-5.9	1.2
Output		1.2	5.7	-1.3	-4.3
Combined inputs		0.2	3.9	4.9	-5.4
Capital input		1.9	-0.4	0.8	2.2
Labor input		-5.3	6.7	1.6	-3.5
Labor productivity, output per hour		7.1	-1.0	-2.7	-0.9

(Source: Productivity)

 

Data extracted on: December 11, 2024