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
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
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.
-Trucking Facts
Truck driver log
432B
miles annually!
That’s enough miles
to travel to Pluto
and back nearly
25 times!
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