Bureau of Labor Statistics

Trucking jobs rebound in April

| May 04, 2012

After shedding jobs in March for the first time since July, for-hire trucking companies added 1,800 payroll jobs in April, according to the latest estimates released Friday, May 4, from the Bureau of ...

Trucking sheds 1,900 jobs in March

| April 06, 2012

After hiring about 20,000 new payroll employees in the past three months, trucking companies cut 1,900 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis in March, according to the latest numbers released Friday, April 6, by the ...

10,200 trucking jobs added in February

| March 09, 2012

Payroll employment in trucking surged in February as trucking companies added 10,200 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to numbers released March 9 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. February represents the largest one-month gain ...

Trucking adds 5,300 jobs in January

| February 03, 2012

The for-hire trucking industry added 5,300 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis in January, while payroll employment in the entire U.S. economy surged by 243,000 civilian nonfarm jobs, according to preliminary numbers released Friday, Feb. ...

Trucking adds 5,100 jobs in December

| January 06, 2012

The for-hire trucking industry added 5,100 new payroll employees in December — the most in one month since March, according to preliminary numbers released Friday, Jan. 6, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The gain comes ...

Trucking adds 3,100 jobs in October

| November 04, 2011

The trucking industry hired 3,100 new payroll employees in October, according to preliminary numbers released Nov. 4, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Compared to October 2010, seasonally adjusted trucking employment is up by 36,600, or ...

Trucking adds 2,600 jobs

| October 07, 2011

The trucking industry hired 2,600 new payroll employees in September, according to preliminary numbers released Oct. 7 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS also revised downward its employment estimates for trucking during July and August ...

Trucking jobs decline

| September 02, 2011

Trucking industry payroll employment dipped by 900 jobs in August, and previously reported increases for June and July dropped by another 900 jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Sept. 2. The dip in August ...

Crashes and interventions: CSA’s crash flaw

Independent owner-operators have the lowest rate of truck-involved crashes but are far more likely to be put out of service than drivers for carriers with 500 or more trucks, which have a higher crash rate.

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