NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Can't find a job? Maybe it's time to take your search on the road.
The U.S. trucking industry will need to hire about 200,000 drivers by the end of this year, and will need to add another 200,000 by the end of 2011, according to the state of logistics report from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.
The median pay for a trucker stood at $37,730 in May of 2009, and Wilson said that wage probably fell in the last year as miles driven were reduced. But more miles and the driver shortage are likely to increase wages in the years ahead, she said.
Wilson said during the recession trucking companies were in the unusual position of having significantly more job applicants than they had positions, as laid-off truckers and construction workers applied for jobs. But that surplus of applicants has started to wane with a pick-up in the economy in recent months.
"We're already seeing shortages in some markets," she said. "As traffic starts to climb, we're likely to see the shortages get worse."
"We're going to need 1 million drivers in next 15 years just to deal with replacing retirees and the normal growth of freight," she said.
Thats a lot of jobs! Although I can no longer drive, due to a spinal problem, I keep aware and love to keep track of the expediting business. I simply loved driving the converted Freightshaker Century across our beautiful country.
I know its been extremely difficult for you still out on the road. Frieght has been very slow. Many of my friends had to change professions. Even though I cannot drive I wanted to give you guys still running the roads of America delivering freight hope of a bright future! Lets pray hard, it happens! Our economy is not out of the woods yet, but Im hopeful!
Expediters out there, take care, and take heart. I wish I was still out there with y'all!
The U.S. trucking industry will need to hire about 200,000 drivers by the end of this year, and will need to add another 200,000 by the end of 2011, according to the state of logistics report from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.
The median pay for a trucker stood at $37,730 in May of 2009, and Wilson said that wage probably fell in the last year as miles driven were reduced. But more miles and the driver shortage are likely to increase wages in the years ahead, she said.
Wilson said during the recession trucking companies were in the unusual position of having significantly more job applicants than they had positions, as laid-off truckers and construction workers applied for jobs. But that surplus of applicants has started to wane with a pick-up in the economy in recent months.
"We're already seeing shortages in some markets," she said. "As traffic starts to climb, we're likely to see the shortages get worse."
"We're going to need 1 million drivers in next 15 years just to deal with replacing retirees and the normal growth of freight," she said.
Thats a lot of jobs! Although I can no longer drive, due to a spinal problem, I keep aware and love to keep track of the expediting business. I simply loved driving the converted Freightshaker Century across our beautiful country.
I know its been extremely difficult for you still out on the road. Frieght has been very slow. Many of my friends had to change professions. Even though I cannot drive I wanted to give you guys still running the roads of America delivering freight hope of a bright future! Lets pray hard, it happens! Our economy is not out of the woods yet, but Im hopeful!
Expediters out there, take care, and take heart. I wish I was still out there with y'all!
