Trucking looks to be one of the most predominant jobs in USA
Posted on Mar 25th 2015
MotorsHiFi would like to emphasize on a very fascinating and interesting fact that trucking seems to be the most predominant job in USA. Based on NPR’s most current United States census data analysis it looks to be that commercial truck driving might be America’s most predominant job. May be many of us don’t know the fact, but its true.NPR found out that in a whopping twenty nine states, truck drivers were the lion share of adults working on full-time basis in the year 2014. There are approximately 3.5 million professional truck drivers in the United States, according to estimates by the American Trucking Association.
The trucking industry is a sector that is highly immune to automation and globalization, which are two trends that have seen blue-collar jobs in the United States move towards extinction for the last forty years.
The analysis gives an illustration of how the job arena has changed gradually. In the year 1987, a secretary was the most popular job whereas in other states, it was farming.
The increase of e-commerce has triggered an immense growth in US shipments thus accounting for almost half of UPS’s local packages, which is increasing the use of commercial trucks and thus leading to more and more jobs.
According to United States’ Bureau of Statistics and Labour, there will be a double demand for truck drivers in the next decade from 2014’s 1.4 million to 2.76 million in the year 2022.
Another aspect to consider: the analysis by NPR only takes into account United States’ full-time workers who are defined by those working not less than thirty five hours per week.
A year ago, the American Truck Organization informed Bloomberg of the presence of twenty five thousand unfilled trucking jobs in the market.
PayScale Claims Commercial Truckers earn an Hourly Wage Of $17.50
According to PayScale, US commercial truck drivers earn an hourly wage of $17.19 which amounts to an annual earning within the range of $29,000 to $63,000.
The driving hours can be daunting despite the government’s action to reduce the maximum driving time in the year 2013 to try and counter fatigue-related accidents. The new regulations reduced the work time for drivers from eighty two hours to seventy.