That number is up 1/3 of a percent from December and 3.6 percent β 47,400 jobs β from January 2012.
The economy as a whole added 157,000 jobs in January, but the unemployment rate rose a tenth of a percent to 7.9 percent.
For-hire trucking has added 141,000 jobs since March 2010 β an 11.4 percent increase β but is still 78,300 jobs (6.3 percent) below its peak in January of 2007. The numbers only reflect payroll employment of the for-hire trucking industry and do not take into account trucking jobs in other industries.