United States Payroll Employment for the General freight trucking, long-distance TL Industry (Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, the United State's seasonally adjusted general freight trucking, long-distance tl payroll employment was 553,300; this means that the United States lost 2,300 jobs in the general freight trucking, long-distance tl industry in the month of February 2023. You can see the not seasonally adjusted version of this information at this link.

The charts and table below shows the United State's seasonally adjusted historical general freight trucking, long-distance tl payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2002 to February 2023.

You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for a selected group of industries and links for many more industries at this link.

U.S. Payroll Employment for the General freight trucking, long-distance TL Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the General freight trucking, long-distance TL Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the General freight trucking, long-distance TL Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 518000
February 2002 520800 2800
March 2002 515500 -5300
April 2002 514900 -600
May 2002 513300 -1600
June 2002 509900 -3400
July 2002 505600 -4300
August 2002 507300 1700
September 2002 507700 400
October 2002 508400 700
November 2002 507200 -1200
December 2002 505500 -1700
January 2003 503000 -2500
February 2003 501700 -1300
March 2003 502900 1200
April 2003 500700 -2200
May 2003 495500 -5200
June 2003 496700 1200
July 2003 492100 -4600
August 2003 495300 3200
September 2003 494900 -400
October 2003 495200 300
November 2003 495900 700
December 2003 494600 -1300
January 2004 493300 -1300
February 2004 491800 -1500
March 2004 490400 -1400
April 2004 490500 100
May 2004 491600 1100
June 2004 494700 3100
July 2004 498200 3500
August 2004 501400 3200
September 2004 502700 1300
October 2004 503800 1100
November 2004 505800 2000
December 2004 510800 5000
January 2005 513100 2300
February 2005 517700 4600
March 2005 518600 900
April 2005 521100 2500
May 2005 523100 2000
June 2005 526200 3100
July 2005 524500 -1700
August 2005 526100 1600
September 2005 526600 500
October 2005 527500 900
November 2005 528200 700
December 2005 528500 300
January 2006 531000 2500
February 2006 532200 1200
March 2006 534200 2000
April 2006 535600 1400
May 2006 536800 1200
June 2006 538300 1500
July 2006 541700 3400
August 2006 538600 -3100
September 2006 540600 2000
October 2006 540500 -100
November 2006 541700 1200
December 2006 543900 2200
January 2007 545900 2000
February 2007 546000 100
March 2007 547600 1600
April 2007 548300 700
May 2007 550400 2100
June 2007 544600 -5800
July 2007 541600 -3000
August 2007 539100 -2500
September 2007 538000 -1100
October 2007 537100 -900
November 2007 536700 -400
December 2007 535300 -1400
January 2008 535800 500
February 2008 535400 -400
March 2008 537200 1800
April 2008 536100 -1100
May 2008 536200 100
June 2008 533300 -2900
July 2008 534700 1400
August 2008 531300 -3400
September 2008 528100 -3200
October 2008 524900 -3200
November 2008 519200 -5700
December 2008 517900 -1300
January 2009 505800 -12100
February 2009 502000 -3800
March 2009 492300 -9700
April 2009 487200 -5100
May 2009 481400 -5800
June 2009 480300 -1100
July 2009 474300 -6000
August 2009 471400 -2900
September 2009 470700 -700
October 2009 466600 -4100
November 2009 466200 -400
December 2009 462500 -3700
January 2010 461700 -800
February 2010 460200 -1500
March 2010 456200 -4000
April 2010 458500 2300
May 2010 459100 600
June 2010 460300 1200
July 2010 463000 2700
August 2010 464900 1900
September 2010 465600 700
October 2010 468000 2400
November 2010 468800 800
December 2010 468600 -200
January 2011 470700 2100
February 2011 471600 900
March 2011 476300 4700
April 2011 477900 1600
May 2011 478400 500
June 2011 479000 600
July 2011 477900 -1100
August 2011 479200 1300
September 2011 480500 1300
October 2011 482100 1600
November 2011 483100 1000
December 2011 485500 2400
January 2012 483700 -1800
February 2012 487700 4000
March 2012 488600 900
April 2012 485400 -3200
May 2012 488400 3000
June 2012 490600 2200
July 2012 492900 2300
August 2012 492700 -200
September 2012 494000 1300
October 2012 494800 800
November 2012 496100 1300
December 2012 498900 2800
January 2013 499300 400
February 2013 498300 -1000
March 2013 497200 -1100
April 2013 499300 2100
May 2013 499000 -300
June 2013 497900 -1100
July 2013 497300 -600
August 2013 498500 1200
September 2013 496400 -2100
October 2013 495200 -1200
November 2013 495700 500
December 2013 493600 -2100
January 2014 493500 -100
February 2014 494000 500
March 2014 501300 7300
April 2014 499600 -1700
May 2014 500000 400
June 2014 500600 600
July 2014 501000 400
August 2014 500600 -400
September 2014 502000 1400
October 2014 506500 4500
November 2014 503100 -3400
December 2014 504500 1400
January 2015 504100 -400
February 2015 503900 -200
March 2015 501500 -2400
April 2015 500000 -1500
May 2015 502400 2400
June 2015 505500 3100
July 2015 506700 1200
August 2015 509300 2600
September 2015 506000 -3300
October 2015 503500 -2500
November 2015 506600 3100
December 2015 507300 700
January 2016 508700 1400
February 2016 509400 700
March 2016 506000 -3400
April 2016 505600 -400
May 2016 505600 0
June 2016 503100 -2500
July 2016 501600 -1500
August 2016 501900 300
September 2016 502800 900
October 2016 505000 2200
November 2016 507200 2200
December 2016 503000 -4200
January 2017 498700 -4300
February 2017 501600 2900
March 2017 501900 300
April 2017 505100 3200
May 2017 502900 -2200
June 2017 502000 -900
July 2017 503400 1400
August 2017 502700 -700
September 2017 503700 1000
October 2017 503400 -300
November 2017 502000 -1400
December 2017 503400 1400
January 2018 503500 100
February 2018 504400 900
March 2018 507800 3400
April 2018 506400 -1400
May 2018 509500 3100
June 2018 512400 2900
July 2018 512900 500
August 2018 515800 2900
September 2018 519400 3600
October 2018 518900 -500
November 2018 520400 1500
December 2018 520300 -100
January 2019 524500 4200
February 2019 524900 400
March 2019 524900 0
April 2019 524000 -900
May 2019 524500 500
June 2019 525500 1000
July 2019 525200 -300
August 2019 525000 -200
September 2019 521900 -3100
October 2019 521600 -300
November 2019 521400 -200
December 2019 519600 -1800
January 2020 520100 500
February 2020 520200 100
March 2020 517100 -3100
April 2020 503900 -13200
May 2020 504900 1000
June 2020 502200 -2700
July 2020 498300 -3900
August 2020 500400 2100
September 2020 501600 1200
October 2020 502400 800
November 2020 505600 3200
December 2020 508100 2500
January 2021 505500 -2600
February 2021 506700 1200
March 2021 511800 5100
April 2021 511600 -200
May 2021 510400 -1200
June 2021 510300 -100
July 2021 513800 3500
August 2021 514500 700
September 2021 515200 700
October 2021 516700 1500
November 2021 519100 2400
December 2021 521000 1900
January 2022 522600 1600
February 2022 526600 4000
March 2022 527200 600
April 2022 528400 1200
May 2022 546000 17600
June 2022 548900 2900
July 2022 553900 5000
August 2022 555100 1200
September 2022 541600 -13500
October 2022 557500 15900
November 2022 556000 -1500
December 2022 556600 600
January 2023 555600 -1000
February 2023 553300 -2300

United States Payroll Employment for Different Industries (Seas Adj.)

Use the links below to see the seasonally adjusted payroll employment and number of jobs added for the following selected U.S. industries. You can also see the seasonally adjusted U.S. payroll employment for many more industries at this link.