* Ohio - Truck drivers could become an endangered species
-- With the U.S.A. facing a truck driver shortage, industry experts discussed the possibility of truck drivers becoming an endangered species at the Journal of Commerce Group’s 2015 Inland Distribution Conference Oct. 8... In its most recent report, the American Trucking Associations said the shortage of U.S. tractor trailer drivers has reached 48,000... The lack of truckers is being felt in the Dayton region, which is a hub for trucking firms because of the intersection of Interstates 75 and 70...According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of U.S. truck drivers peaked in 2007, then fell 13.4 percent from 2007 to 2010. Since the recession, that number has slowly recovered, growing 2.5 percent in 2014... Annual driver wages lag compared to the national average. Overall , truck drivers are paid just below $42,000 annually, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The driver wage gap peaked in 2013 and narrowed to 11.2 percent in 2014...
Dayton, OH, USA - The Dayton Business Journal - Oct 12, 2015
* New York - America needs a lot more truck drivers
-- Half of jobs usually call for long trips... It's a job that cannot be shipped overseas and has the potential to drive the cost of goods higher and ultimately hurt the U.S. economy... No wonder businesses are willing to pay up for it... Trucker compensation has been going up 8% to 12% a year in recent years, according to Bob Costello, chief economist at the ATA. That's a lot higher than wages for the rest of Americans, which have barely budged recently... The median annual wage for a trucker that works for a private fleet, such as a truck driver employed by Walmart, is $73,000, according to ATA... What's changed is that there are fewer people willing to be on the road for days at a time and put in the long hours that the truck-driving lifestyle demands...
NY, USA - CNN Money, by Patrick Gillespie - Oct 09, 2015Labels: truckers shortage
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