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Trucking is a powerhouse in the transportation arena. No other mode of freight transportation has so successfully and so safely carved out its position in the national economy.
With more than 500,000 interstate motor carriers in the United States, the trucking industry is the driving force behind the U.S. economy. Trucking does the heavy lifting to move, through the supply chain, nearly everything we consume or use. Few Americans realize, however, that trucks deliver 70 percent of all freight tonnage or that 80 percent of U.S. communities receive their goods exclusively by truck. Even fewer know that the motor carrier industry provides jobs and generates significant personal income and tax revenue.
It takes nearly 9 million people to move about 11 billion tons of freight annually. Trucking collects more than $650 billion in revenue and represents about 5 percent of U.S. Gross Domestic Product. One of our every 13 people working in the private sector in the United States is employed in a trucking-related job across manufacturing, retail, public utility, construction, service, transportation, mining and agricultural sectors. Of those, 3.5 million are commercial drivers, averaging $50,000 annually. Some earn well above $100,000 per year.
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- Motor carriers dominate the transportation industry, representing the overwhelming majority of the domestic transportation market in both volume and revenue.
- There are 3 million large trucks on the road in the United States and 5.3 million commercial trailers registered in 2006.
- Motor carrier revenues represent nearly 84 percent of the nation’s freight bill.
- The U.S. trucking industry is comprised of more than 214,000 for-hire carriers and more than 276,000 private carriers, 95.9 percent with fewer than 20 trucks.
- More than 80 percent of U.S. communities depend solely on trucking for delivery of their goods and commodities.
- Trucking serves as a barometer of the U.S. economy, hauling nearly 11 billion tons of freight annually.
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