Truck transportation

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

1.75M

2021

Average Employee Age

45.5

2021

Estimated Job Growth

1.69%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$55,572

2021

Average Male Salary

$57,268

2021

Average Female Salary

$44,607

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Truck transportation Industry Group are driver/sales workers & truck drivers, laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, and other managers. On average, full-time employees in the Truck transportation Industry Group work 49.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $58,083. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22 hours and earn an average annual salary of $27,737.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Truck transportation Industry Group are Webb County (North & East)Laredo City (Outer) PUMA, TX, Henry County (North)Stockbridge City PUMA, GA, and Houston (East), Galena Park, Jacinto Cities & Cloverleaf PUMA, TX.

The workforce of Truck transportation Industry Group in 2021 was 1,750,580 people, with 13.4% woman, and 86.6% men.

In 2021, 67.4% of the workforce in the Truck transportation Industry Group was White (1,180,040 people), of which 14.8% were women and 85.2% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Truck transportation Industry Group.

The workforce in Truck transportation Industry Group was 1,750,580 people and is concentrated in Texas (181,760 workers). The average annual salary was $55,572, being $4,024 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

2.08%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.4M people employed in the Truck Transportation industry. This represents a 2.08% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Truck Transportation over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were Texas (182k), California (170k), and Florida (103k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Truck transportation Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Truck transportation Industry Group had an average annual wage of $55,572, $4,024 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Truck transportation Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.345

WAGE GINI

Truck transportation has a wage GINI of 0.345, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Truck transportation (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Truck transportation Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Truck transportation Industry Group.

Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are the most common position with 1,182,284 workers, but the Truck transportation Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand and Other managers.

The highest average salary in Truck transportation goes to Aircraft pilots & flight engineers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Truck transportation Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were driver/sales workers & truck drivers (1,182,284 people), laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand (90,602 people), and other managers (43,493 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$57,268

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$951

$44,607

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,020

On average, Male workers in the Truck transportation Industry Group make 1.28 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Truck transportation Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Truck transportation Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Truck transportation Industry Group.

The Truck transportation Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Truck transportation is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

Transportation and warehousing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Truck transportation Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Truck transportation Industry Group is Manufacturing.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Truck transportation is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Truck transportation Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Truck transportation is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Truck transportation Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Truck transportation Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Truck transportation Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 13.4% corresponds to women and 86.6% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $57,268 and $44,607.

79% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

234,551

Women

13.4%

1,516,029

Men

86.6%

The workforce of Truck transportation industry in 2021 was 1,750,580 people, with 13.4% woman, and 86.6% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Truck transportation industry.

Races

In 2021, 67.4% of the workforce in the Truck transportation industry was White (1,180,040 people), of which 14.8% were women and 85.2% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Other.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Truck transportation workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (787,363 people), some college (413,875 people), and secondary education (182,216 people).

The chart shows the Truck transportation workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Truck transportation industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Truck transportation industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 1.69%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (23.4%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

1.69%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Truck transportation. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.