Truck transportation jobs rose by a solid number in August, with seasonally adjusted jobs rising faster than not seasonally adjusted.
In the truck transportation sector as defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, seasonally adjusted jobs in August rose by 5,400, to 1,498,500 jobs. On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the increase was 4,900, to 1,517,400 jobs.
The biggest upward move came in the warehouse sector, which has been lagging. Despite all the reports of Amazon and other warehouse operations hiring workers on an almost endless spree, that had not been showing up in the monthly data under the warehousing and storage figures.
That reversed itself in August. The sector added 20,200 jobs, up to 1,469,700 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis. Considering that the country as a whole added only 235,000 jobs, it means that 8.5% of all net new jobs came in the warehouse sector.
On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the surge was even greater. The sector added 27,200 jobs, jumping to 1,448,700 jobs.
At 143,300, rail jobs were down by 500 from the month before on a seasonally adjusted basis. There are now 51,600 fewer rail jobs than in August 2011, 10 years ago.
FreightWaves will continue to report on the employment numbers over the course of the day.
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