The for-hire trucking industry added 2,400 jobs in January on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the Department of Labor’s monthly report, released Feb. 6. It also upwardly revised December’s job gains to 11,900 — up from the 7,300.
For-hire trucking employment now totals 1.443 million on a seasonally adjusted basis — up 3.5 percent from January 2014’s 1.3947 million. It’s also up 16.9 percent from March 2010’s bottom from the most recent recession.
