eTrucker Staff posted an article on Friday that went over the most recent trucker jobs numbers. Here are the most recent numbers from the report.
-6,800 trucking jobs lost in July.
that brings the trucking industry total up to 77,700 jobs in 2009 and 128,100 since the overall economic decline began in late 2008.
One thing worth mentioning that other articles have failed to point out is the fact that these numbers do not include truck drivers that work for private fleets. Most certainly the little guys are feeling the pain of the economy. The job loss numbers therefore could be treated as a minimum number rather than the total number.
The trucking industry as whole is now down a MINIMUM of 13.2 percent. (if we go by the statement we made a few moments ago). Truck driving jobs peaked in January 2007 and employed almost 1.5 million. Certainly a drop of 13.2 is a big number but all the buzz about an economic recovery should make it so the number does not grow too substantially.
Many media outlets have recently run articles about how those laid off across the country have filled many truck driving schools. With so many people getting CDL training it may be easier for trucking companies to find new employees once the economy turns around.
The positive thing to take away here is the slowing of the job losses. The article also mentioned that previous months numbers have been revised showing employment levels were slighty higher than previously reported.
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