Interesting Facts About The

Trucking Industry

IN AMERICA

Transportation Industry-

80%

of all cargo is transported by trucks

8%

by air

6%

by pipeline

4%

by rail

2%

by water

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Freight revenue is forecast to grow 75% by 2026

$726B

annual trucking industry revenue

1.3m

trucking companies

46%

is private

carriage

(e.g. Walmart, Amazon)

54%

is for-hire 

trucking

top 5

trucking companies
by revenues

  • $29.8B UPS
  • $19.8B FedEx
  • $6.2B J.B. HUNT
  • $48.B YRC
  • $4.2B SWIFT

Fact:

90% of trucking companies operate fewer than 6 trucks.

Truck drivers-

7.1m

people are employed by the trucking industry

(6% of the U.S. working population)

3.5m

of those are

truck drivers

1.6m

are heavy-duty

truck drivers

 

Truck driver is the most hazardous job out there!

The average age of a truck

driver is 49

The average pay is $40,260 annually.

 

Truck drivers work 70 hours in an 8-daywork week before getting a day off

Versus 47 hours per week for an average American.

 

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Truck driver log

432B

miles annually!

That’s enough miles

to travel to Pluto

and back nearly

25 times!

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54B

gallons of fuel

is used per year

Truck driver is the most common occupation in 29 states.

$143B

is spend on fuel

A long haul truck driver logs over 100,000 miles annually, which is almost 4 times the length of the equator.

Sources

United States Department of Transportation

American Trucking Associations

Logistics Management

The Journal of Commerce

 

 

Truckerinfo.com

Truckerpath.com

CNN Money

Stephens Research