Trucking Industry Gains 60,000 Jobs in a Year
March 07, 2022
Since February 2021, the trucking industry has added an estimated 60,800 jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The trucking industry employed 1.55 million workers in February 2022, versus 1.49 million according to seasonally adjusted preliminary statistics from the BLS.
The monthly variance was far smaller, though: only 5,400 were added between January and February.
Overall, total employment rose 678,000 in February. The unemployment rate dropped from 4 percent to 3.8 percent (6.3 million people), approaching the pre-pandemic level of 3.5 percent (5.7 million people).