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dontbeaclown

10/24/11 1:52 PM

#5943 RE: dontbeaclown #5942

The U.S. trucking industry will need to hire about 200,000 drivers by the end of this year, and
will need to add another 200,000 by the end of 2011, according to the state of logistics report
from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.
• The trucking companies, warehouses and private sector in the U.S. employs an estimated 8.9
million people employed in trucking-related jobs; nearly 3.5 million were truck drivers. Of this
figure UPS employs 60,000 workers and 9% are owner operators. LTL shippers account for
around 13.6 percent of America's trucking sector.
• Total revenue estimates are 255.5 billion. For Hire or Common Carriers Trucking companies
generated revenue estimated at 97.9 billion. More than air transportation by 18 billion. Private
Fleets generated revenue estimated at 121 billion.
• Estimates of 21.4 billions dollars is produced annually and paid by the trucking industry.