AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS

The trucking industry is committed to a bold sustainability program that will have an immediate impact on the environment, reducing fuel consumption by 86 billion gallons and thus reducing the carbon footprint of all vehicles by nearly a billion tons over the next ten years.

There are 3.5 million truck drivers in the United States, with total industry employment at over 8.7 million. That means that one out of every 15 people working in the United States is employed in the trucking industry.

At this very moment, coast-to-coast, trucks are on the road hauling life’s essentials - everything the nation needs such as food, books, clothing, electronics, automobiles and medical supplies.  More than 80 percent of U.S. communities depend solely on trucking for delivery of their goods and commodities.

Most individual long haul drivers average from 100,000 miles to 110,000 miles a year, with an average daily run of about 500 miles a day. Regional and city drivers average about 48,000 miles behind the wheel annually. You do not need to buy or lease your own truck for most driver jobs. The vehicle is provided for you and usually maintained by the trucking company.