The trucking industry shed 6,900 jobs in March as overall U.S. payrolls rose by 88,000, and the unemployment rate dipped to 7.6%, the Labor Department said Friday.
April 5, 2013Business
Trucking Adds 5,600 Jobs as Payrolls Rise; Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.7%
The trucking industry added 5,600 jobs in February as U.S. payrolls jumped by 236,000 and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7%, the Labor Department reported Friday.
March 8, 2013Business
Trucking Adds 5,000 Jobs as January Payrolls Rise
Trucking added 5,000 jobs in January as U.S. employers added 157,000 jobs, and the nation鈥檚 unemployment rate聽ticked up to 7.9%, the Labor Department said Friday.
February 1, 2013Business
Unemployment Rate Drops to Four-Year Low 7.7%; Trucking Adds 2,500 Jobs
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.7% in November, the lowest in almost four years, as employers added 146,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.
December 7, 2012Business
Payrolls Rise as Unemployment Rate Ticks Up to 7.9%
U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a point to 7.9% as more people entered the labor force, the Labor Department reported Friday.
November 2, 2012Business
Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.8%; Trucking Adds 700 Jobs
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8% in September, the lowest since January 2009, from 8.1% in August as employers added 114,000 people to payrolls including 700 in the trucking industry, the Labor Department reported Friday.
October 5, 2012Business
Unemployment Rate Drops to 8.1%; Trucking Adds 1,400 Jobs
U.S. employers added 96,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate fell to 8.1%, from 8.3% a month earlier, the Labor Department said Friday.
September 7, 2012Business
Unemployment Rate Holds at 8.2%, Trucking Gains 2,000 Jobs
The U.S. unemployment rate held at 8.2% in June聽and trucking聽employment improved by 2,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.
July 6, 2012Business
Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.2%; Trucking Gains Jobs
The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 8.2% in May from April鈥檚 three-year-low 8.1%, but trucking and transportation employment improved, the Labor Department said Friday.
June 1, 2012Business
Trucking Adds Jobs as Unemployment Falls to Three-Year Low 8.1%
The April unemployment rate fell to a聽three-year low 8.1% and the trucking industry gained聽1,800 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.
May 4, 2012