Employment characteristics of transportation and warehousing industries

In 2023, three-quarters of workers in the transportation and warehousing industry were men. Nearly one-quarter of workers in the industry were age 55 and over.

Among the largest transportation and warehousing industries, truck transportation had the highest share of men, at 88 percent. While truck transportation workers were employed in many different occupations—such as dispatchers and mechanics—the most common occupation was truck driver, an occupation in which about 9 of 10 workers were men. Among workers in other transportation and warehousing industries, the share of men ranged from 77 percent in support activities for transportation to 66 percent in warehousing and storage.

In 2023, transportation and warehousing workers ages 16 to 24 were most likely to be in couriers and messengers and in warehousing and storage, at 17 percent each. By contrast, 2 percent of those in transit and ground passenger transportation were ages 16 to 24.

Thirty-four percent of workers in transit and ground passenger transportation were age 55 or over, compared with 15 percent and 17 percent, respectively, for those in couriers and messengers and in warehousing and storage.

These data are from the Current Population Survey. For more information, see the Spotlight on Statistics article "Keeping America Moving: Employment in transportation and warehousing industries."