In 2011, real GDP in the for-hire trucking industry was valued at $16.96 billion, but its impact on our economy is far greater. The trucking sector provides benefits to the economy through the sales, jobs, and taxes generated by firms and sole proprietors operating in the sector.

When including indirect and induced impacts, the sector supported 477,600 jobs in 2011. The job creation in the for-hire trucking industry and those that benefit indirectly or through induced impacts resulted in $23.6 billion in personal income in 2011.