TRUCK DRIVING FACT:
"Truck drivers and Owner Operators held about 3.3 million jobs in 2000. Most truck drivers and Owner Operators find employment in large metropolitan areas along major interstate roadways where major trucking, retail, and wholesale companies have distribution outlets. Some drivers work in rural areas, providing specialized services such as delivering newspapers to customers or coal to a railroad."
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TRUCKING JOB FACT:
"Trucking companies employed about 28 percent of all truck drivers and Owner Operators in the United States. Almost 32 percent worked for companies engaged in wholesale or retail trade, such as auto parts stores, oil companies, lumber yards, restaurants, or distributors of food and grocery products. The remaining truck drivers and Owner Operators were distributed across many industries, including construction, manufacturing, and services."
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TRUCK DRIVER JOB FACT:
"Employment of truck drivers and Owner Operators is expected to increase about as fast as the average for all occupations through the year 2010, as the economy grows and the amount of freight carried by truck increases. The increased use of rail, air, and ship transportation requires truck drivers and Owner Operators to pick up and deliver shipments. Growth in the number of long-distance truck drivers and Owner Operators will remain strong because trucking transports perishables and time-sensitive goods more efficiently than do alternative modes of transportation, such as railroads. "
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OWNER OPERATOR
JOB FACT:
"Fewer than 1 out of 10 truck drivers were self-employed. Of these, a significant number were Owner Operators who either served a variety of businesses independently or leased their services and trucks to a trucking company."
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