After eight consecutive months of growth, trucking jobs were down in January, with transport employment in general down for the month as well.
The transport sector lost nearly 28,000 jobs in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This marks the second consecutive monthly decrease after six consecutive increases. December’s preliminary numbers changed drastically since last month. Initially, BLS reported a job increase of nearly 47,000. However, that number has been adjusted to reflect a 24,000-job loss in December.
Trucking employment fell with nearly 3,000 fewer jobs after an increase of 5,500 in December. This is the first monthly loss after eight straight increases. Historically, trucking employment increases in January. In the last 10 years, only one other year experienced a trucking job decrease in January, which was a loss of nearly 5,000 in 2017.
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The transport sector lost nearly 28,000 jobs in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This marks the second consecutive monthly decrease after six consecutive increases. December’s preliminary numbers changed drastically since last month. Initially, BLS reported a job increase of nearly 47,000. However, that number has been adjusted to reflect a 24,000-job loss in December.
Trucking employment fell with nearly 3,000 fewer jobs after an increase of 5,500 in December. This is the first monthly loss after eight straight increases. Historically, trucking employment increases in January. In the last 10 years, only one other year experienced a trucking job decrease in January, which was a loss of nearly 5,000 in 2017.
Employment in trucking ends eight-month growth streak in January
The year is off to slow start for trucking employment, after the industry suffered a net job loss in January after eight months of increases.
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