700 were added to trucking payrolls in October but 1,000 were slashed in November. We should be seeing an opposite trend this time of the year for the holidays. November 2018 saw 4,100 trucking jobs added compared to the 1,000 lost this year. Freight volumes have dropped for the past 11 months and manufacturing has been contracting for the past four months.
January: 19,100 trucking payrolls added; 1,516,000 total
February: 100 added; 1,516,100 total
March: 1,200 removed; 1,514,900 total
April: 2,300 added; 1,517,200 total
May: 1,800 added; 1,519,000 total
June: 1,900 added; 1,520,900 total
July: 300 removed; 1,520,600 total
August: 5,100 removed; 1,515,500 total
September: 2,900 removed; 1,512,600 total
October: 700 added; 1,513,300 total
November: 1,000 removed; 1,512,300 total
https://www.businessinsider.com/truc...report-2019-12