Transportation & Warehousing

Industry Sub-Sector

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Workforce Population
7.5M
2023
Average Employee Age
43.3
2023
Average Salary
$60,321
2023
Average Male Salary
$65,132
2023
Average Female Salary
$47,036
2023

About

The top three occupations in the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector are driver/sales workers & truck drivers, laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, and couriers & messengers. On average, full-time employees in the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector work 45.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $66,650. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $29,730.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector are Memphis City (Southwest) PUMA, TN, Memphis City (Southeast) PUMA, TN, and San Bernardino County (Southwest)--Fontana City (East) PUMA, CA.

The workforce of Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector in 2023 was 7,504,203 people, with 26.6% woman, and 73.4% men.

In 2023, 54.3% of the workforce in the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector was White (4,076,718 people), of which 25.3% were women and 74.7% men.

Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector.

The workforce in Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector was 7,504,203 people and is concentrated in California (900,607 workers). The average annual salary was $60,321, being $7,406 less than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry sector.
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0.946%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 28.9M people employed in the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry. This represents a 0.946% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Trade, Transportation, and Utilities over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were California (901k), Texas (730k), and Florida (516k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector had an average annual wage of $60,321, $7,406 less than the average national salary of $67,727.

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Wage Distribution

0.416
WAGE GINI

Transportation & Warehousing has a wage GINI of 0.416, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Transportation & Warehousing (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector.

Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are the most common position with 1,702,934 workers, but the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector employs a relatively high number of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand and Couriers & messengers.

The highest average salary in Transportation & Warehousing goes to Tax preparers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were driver/sales workers & truck drivers (1,702,934 people), laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand (634,835 people), and couriers & messengers (414,733 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$65,132
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$683
$47,036
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$791

On average, Male workers in the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector make 1.38 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector.

The Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry.

California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Transportation & Warehousing is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

Transportation and warehousing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector is Transportation and warehousing.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Transportation & Warehousing is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Transportation and warehousing
  2. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
  3. Manufacturing

The Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Transportation & Warehousing is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.
LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Transportation and warehousing
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Wholesale trade

The Transportation and warehousing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022
  1. California
    4,924
  2. Texas
    3,085
  3. Florida
    2,320

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Transportation & Warehousing industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Transportation & Warehousing Industry Sub-Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 26.6% corresponds to women and 73.4% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $65,132 and $47,036.

77.8% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

1,995,051
Women
26.6%
5,509,152
Men
73.4%

The workforce of Transportation & Warehousing industry in 2023 was 7,504,203 people, with 26.6% woman, and 73.4% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Transportation & Warehousing industry.

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Races

In 2023, 54.3% of the workforce in the Transportation & Warehousing industry was White (4,076,718 people), of which 25.3% were women and 74.7% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Transportation & Warehousing workers in 2023 were high school or equivalent (2,751,423 people), some college (1,981,840 people), and bachelors degree (1,104,367 people).

The chart shows the Transportation & Warehousing workforce by gender and educational level.

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