For-hire trucking companies added 1,400 payroll jobs in August as the overall U.S. economy added 96,000 nonfarm jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s the weakest month-to-month growth in trucking since April, although BLS had revised July figures upward by 3,700 before calculating the August change. Trucking employment is up by 117 jobs, or 9.5%, from the bottom in March 2010, but it remains 101,900 jobs, or 7.0%, below the peak in January 2007. September 7, 2012
For-hire trucking companies added 3,100 payroll jobs in July as the overall U.S. economy added a net of 163,000 nonfarm jobs, according to the latest estimates released Aug. 3 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Payroll employment in trucking was up 0.23% over May and 3.3% over July 2011. Employment is up by 112,200 jobs, or 9.1%, from the bottom in March 2010, but it remains 107,000 jobs, or 7.4%, below the peak in January 2007. August 3, 2012
For-hire carriers added 2,000 payroll jobs in June, but that was coupled with a 2,600-job downward revision in initial May figures, according to the latest estimates released Friday, July 6, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Payroll employment in trucking was up 0.15 percent over May and 3.1 percent over June 2011. Employment is up by 108,500 jobs, or 8.8 percent, from the bottom in March 2010, but it remains 110,700 jobs, or 7.6 percent, below the peak in January 2007. July 6, 2012