U.S. business logistics costs, as calculated in CSCMP’s 2019 State of Logistics Report, sponsored by Penske and authored by A.T. Kearney, rose 11.4% in 2018 to reach $1.64 trillion, or 8% of the $20.5 trillion GDP.
In this report, we present data on vehicle age, mileage, maintenance cost, and labor hours. Data is organized by type of vehicle, including refuse trucks, sedan and SUV police vehicles, dump trucks, pickup trucks, and fire equipment.
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, hit an all-time high of 138.7 in November 2018.
Although labor issues remain a significant challenge for respondents to the National Private Truck Council's annual survey, they continue to report retention and turnover performance far better than their for-hire colleagues.
In 2018, Texas had the highest numer of drivers employed by state with 182,370 but an annual mean wage of $44,260. Private fleets pay higher on average than for-hire fleets, with the Northeast topping the list at $65,796 per year.
Average retail fuel prices in the U.S. from 2000 to 2018, fuel and emissions for 2012 vs. 2019 sleeper cabs, and and a sleeper "all-in" cost comparison.