It appears that the numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) have been going every-which-way in the past few months. Here are the preliminary numbers for those two months, circa October 2023.Employment NumbersWe last reported that July 2023 employment was 1,604,300. This has since been updated so that the final number is 1,600,900.August 2023’s […]
We here at TopMark Funding love to report on the news when it is especially positive, but we do not get the privilege of picking and choosing when the news is good versus bad. There is no sugarcoating it: the number of trucking jobs experienced a slight decline in July. The Bureau of Labor Statistics […]
Another month has gone by, and as such the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has updated its number regarding employment in NAICS 484 (transportation). Here are those updated numbers.June 2023 Employment DataThe first June 2023 estimate says 1,609,700.The revised number for May 2023 is now 1,609,900, an increase of 700 from the first.The final number […]
Another month, another update regarding the trucking industry job numbers, courtesy of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).May 2023 NumbersInitial estimate for May 2023 is 1,609,200.Revised number for April 2023 is 1,608,600. This is a slight decrease from the initial estimation of 1,612,500.Final employment count for March 2023 is 1,607,600. Last month it was estimated […]
The trucking industry seems to have no end in sight to its momentum, as it continues to climb to greater and greater heights with each passing month. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ numbers for the last three months are below.April 2023 DetailsThe initial estimate for April is 1,612,500.The first revision for March has the employee […]
In our haste to provide reporting on other aspects of the trucking industry, we had skipped over the February 2023 numbers when they first came out. This is of minimal consequence, because if the numbers from March are accurate, it appears as though February’s drop never happened. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has the […]
Conventional wisdom would dictate that once the slow season begins after the holidays, the number of trucking jobs would decrease. After all, all of the presents have been shipped, so demand is lower than it would be in December. In reality, this is seldom the case, and 2023 is not an exception to the rule, […]
The trucking industry has been hard at work these last few months due to the holiday season. As a direct result, fleets were scrambling to get more bodies into their trucks. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has the numbers.December 2022 NumbersDecember 2022’s preliminary estimate stands at 1,601,500. This is either the third or fourth […]
Every month the Bureau of Labor Statistics updates its estimates for job numbers in various industries for the past three months. Here is what is going on in NAICS 484: the trucking industry.November 2022 NumbersThe preliminary employment count for November 2022 is 1,601,300. A new record for the industry!The initial revision for October 2022 is […]
We at TopMark Funding have been busy. So busy, that we skipped a month on posting about monthly jobs in the trucking industry according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This month, we are getting it out of the way immediately so as to not forget. October (and September) 2022 Numbers October 2022’s first […]
The trucking industry continues to roll on, with more drivers on the road than ever. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has posted updates. August 2022 Employment Numbers The first preliminary numbers for August 2022 pins the count at 1,595,500. July 2022’s second preliminary pegs the number at 1,594,700. This is a decrease of 300 from […]
Loyal readers of the blog may have noticed a not-so-subtle pattern of job numbers within the trucking industry. Since March of this year, the trucking industry has been consistently hiring, adding more jobs each month than the one prior. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has the numbers.July 2022 NumbersThe BLS pins the first preliminary number […]
Another month, another update from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). As with previous months, the streak of job growth within the trucking industry continues, and the industry reaches a new all-time high.June 2022 NumbersThe initial posting for June 2022 is 1,589,500 jobs.The updated number for May 2022 is 1,585,200, which is a 3,900 increase […]
The trucking industry continues its winning streak, with another month of all-time high employment. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has the numbers.May 2022 NumbersThe initial posting for May 2022 is 1,581,300.The revised count for April 2022 is 1,568,000. This is an increase of 3,900 jobs.March 2022’s final number is 1,554,000. From the last estimate, […]
Another month, another round of statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Unfortunately, with all the news going on in the trucking industry, we accidentally skipped March 2022’s job count update. This article will cover both months.March 2022 NumbersHere is a brief summary of what happened in March’s update:March 2022 data says 1,550,800 jobs.Comparing […]
When we report the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) job numbers, we usually do the sum of all jobs in the trucking industry. February was an interesting month that takes a lot more nuance, so prepare for an explanation of what the BLS has to report.February 2022 NumbersComparing apples to apples, the employment counts posted […]
We wrote last month about how we were cautiously optimistic about the trucking industry getting more workers than it did before the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has updated its numbers, and it says that not only are we above pre-pandemic numbers, but trucking is also at the highest employment […]
Here we are at the end of another year. When looking at the entire year as a whole, the trucking industry has made great strides in recovering from the mass layoffs from the start of the coronavirus pandemic. When looking just at December, however, the numbers are slightly lackluster. Here is what the Bureau of […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has updated its webpage listing the employment numbers for NAICS 484, the trucking industry. Here are the numbers for the past three months.November 2021 NumbersThe numbers posted for November 2021 are:1,521,300 for the initial preliminary count of November 2021.1,515,700 for the revised preliminary employment count of October 2021, a […]
Slowly but surely, the trucking industry is showing signs of recovering from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has posted its monthly update for employment count in the trucking industry.October 2021 NumbersThe numbers posted for October 2021 are as follows:The initial preliminary count for October 2021 is […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has posted the employment count for the Truck Transportation subsector in regards to September 2021. Here are the results.NumbersThe initial preliminary count for September 2021 is 1,502,900 jobs.Revised August numbers are 1,500,400. This is an increase of 1,900 from the first estimate.Final July employment is at 1,494,400. This is […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is often updating its preliminary numbers before it releases its final answer. We have compiled the changes so that you do not have to. Simply put, things are looking positive for the trucking industry.August 2021 NumbersThe numbers for August are as follows:August 2021: 1,498,500 (preliminary).July 2021: 1,493,100 (preliminary, 1,300 […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has updated the numbers for the trucking industry yet again. The numbers, while mostly preliminary, are looking good.The NumbersEvery month, the BLS updates the data for the last three months. They make a new preliminary estimate, revise an older preliminary, and solidify the final number for three months back.With […]
Here we are at the end of another month, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has updated its numbers for the trucking industry yet again. If the preliminary numbers are accurate, then the trucking industry continues to be on a roll.The NumbersThe numbers released in July are:June 2021: 1,486,500 (preliminary).May 2021: 1,480,100 (preliminary, 400 […]
Tracking the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) job numbers as they update is quite the task. Every month, they not only post preliminary data for the month that has passed, but also update previous months without saying what the prior estimates were, requiring researching back in time. With all of this in mind, from the […]
The preliminary numbers for April 2021 trucking jobs, as well as the solidified numbers for February 2021, have both come in. The numbers are very similar, in that both say the trucking industry saw a decrease in jobs, but not by much. The Numbers As of April 2021 The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says […]
The winter months after the holiday season are generally the slowest months of the year for the trucking industry, so it may not come as a surprise that the preliminary numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that employment numbers in the industry are down. The Numbers Preliminarily, the BLS pins the total count […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released the preliminary job numbers in the trucking industry for January 2021. The results are slightly surprising, ending an eight month streak of job growth in the industry, the preliminary numbers suggest the first month of job losses since the dog days of the coronavirus pandemic back in […]
When it comes to the monthly job totals for the trucking industry, the question for the last six months has not been whether the number goes up or down, but by how much it goes up. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has updated its numbers at the start of November, showing preliminary numbers for […]
It is the same song and dance we have been doing for the past few months: the trucking industry, while having it happen later than other industries, dropped a bit from the coronavirus pandemic, and is climbing its way back up in a slow but sure manner. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released […]
Another month has gone by since we last reported on the coronavirus pandemic affecting job numbers. Although the pandemic appears to not have an end in sight, society as a whole has become acclimated to the pandemic, and things are returning slightly back to normal. Some people are going back to work (albeit working from […]
Here at TopMark Funding, we wrote about how we believed the coronavirus pandemic was ending soon. That article is almost two months old at this point, and the pandemic continues. The interesting thing is that despite all of the fear of the coronavirus pandemic for the past five or so months, the trucking industry continues […]
TopMark Funding has been writing about COVID-19 for well over three months now, even before the World Health Organization (WHO) officially announced it as a pandemic. As time goes on and the general populace has stayed at home as long as it could to “flatten the curve”, the evidence seems to be piling up that […]
The numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) are in: the for-hire trucking sector of the U.S. economy lost 1,200 jobs in May. Furthermore, the trucking industry total employment, 1,431,000, was the lowest it has been since November 2014. This is despite the U.S. economy as a whole gaining 2.5 million jobs. By themselves, […]
