Current Employment Statistics (CES4300000001) · Transportation and warehousing, seasonally adjusted
How many jobs are there in transportation and warehousing?
The number of jobs in transportation and warehousing was 6,609 thousand in the month ended , down 0.1% from a year earlier (preliminary).
Jobs in transportation and warehousing, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, each month
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to , to , to , to .
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
Jobs in transportation and warehousing, in thousands, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to , to , to , to .
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
Each point is one month of the series as the source publishes it, or a change worked out from those values (ours). The US recessions are shaded. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.
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| Measure | Latest | The month before | A year earlier | Five years earlier | Ten years earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | |||||
| Jobs in transportation and warehousing, in thousands | 6,609 thousand | 6,601 thousand | 6,619 thousand | 6,248 thousand | 5,031 thousand |
| Change over a year | −0.1% | −0.9% | −0.6% | +10.5% | +2.7% |
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Observed .
Right now
The number of jobs in transportation and warehousing was 6,609 thousand in September 2026, the highest since October 2025.
Over a year it is down 0.1% (ours). The source marks this value preliminary.
ChangeOurs
| Period | Then | Change |
|---|---|---|
| One month | 6,601 thousand in | +0.1% |
| Three months | 6,588 thousand in | +0.3% |
| Twelve months | 6,619 thousand in | −0.1% |
| Five years | 6,248 thousand in | +5.8% |
| Ten years | 5,031 thousand in | +31.4% |
In historyOurs
The number of jobs in transportation and warehousing of 6,609 thousand in was higher than in 626 of the 656 other months since , the same in 0 and lower in 30.
Highest since : 6,689 thousand in . Lowest since : 2,591 thousand in .
AverageOurs
Average since : 4,111.1 thousand (ours, a plain mean of the 657 months).
ComparedOurs
Over a year the number of jobs in transportation and warehousing is down 0.1%, which ranks 24 of the 35 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.
The table sets the number of jobs in transportation and warehousing beside the industries on the jobs by industry page, by the change over a year in each one's newest month.
Inside itOurs
Of the 10 industries inside transportation and warehousing that BLS reports, the change over a year was largest for transit and ground passenger transportation, up 2.3%, and smallest for scenic and sightseeing transportation, down 6.9% (ours).
Understanding the number of jobs in transportation and warehousing
Where it stands today
The number of jobs in transportation and warehousing was 6,609 thousand in September 2026.
What does the number of jobs in transportation and warehousing measure?
Transportation and warehousing covers moving people and goods by air, rail, water, truck, bus and pipeline, scenic and sightseeing trips, couriers and messengers, and storing goods in warehouses.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) counts these jobs each month in a survey of employers, the Current Employment Statistics, and publishes them in the Employment Situation report at the start of the next month. The count is all employees on payrolls, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
What 500metrics adds: the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, the highest and lowest value since the series begins, how the change over a year ranks among the lines of the jobs by industry page, the industries inside it with their own change over a year.
The numbers behind the chart
What was the number of jobs in transportation and warehousing in each month?The last ten years, 120 months, newest first; the chart and the file have every month since Jan 1972
| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| 6,609 thousand | −0.1% | |
| 6,601 thousand | −0.9% | |
| 6,598 thousand | −0.9% | |
| 6,588 thousand | −1.0% | |
| 6,598 thousand | −0.9% | |
| 6,597 thousand | −0.9% | |
| 6,558 thousand | −1.7% | |
| 6,533 thousand | −2.3% | |
| 6,578 thousand | −1.3% | |
| 6,555 thousand | −1.6% | |
| 6,560 thousand | −1.5% | |
| 6,619 thousand | −0.5% | |
| 6,619 thousand | −0.6% | |
| 6,658 thousand | +0.2% | |
| 6,659 thousand | +0.2% | |
| 6,656 thousand | +0.1% | |
| 6,656 thousand | +0.2% | |
| 6,655 thousand | +0.4% | |
| 6,672 thousand | +0.9% | |
| 6,689 thousand | +1.3% | |
| 6,665 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 6,663 thousand | +1.6% | |
| 6,660 thousand | +0.7% | |
| 6,650 thousand | +0.6% |
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| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| 6,659 thousand | +1.0% | |
| 6,643 thousand | +1.0% | |
| 6,646 thousand | +0.9% | |
| 6,647 thousand | +0.9% | |
| 6,645 thousand | +0.7% | |
| 6,631 thousand | +0.8% | |
| 6,610 thousand | +0.5% | |
| 6,600 thousand | +0.2% | |
| 6,563 thousand | −0.8% | |
| 6,561 thousand | −0.7% | |
| 6,611 thousand | −0.1% | |
| 6,612 thousand | −0.4% | |
| 6,595 thousand | −0.5% | |
| 6,575 thousand | −1.0% | |
| 6,589 thousand | −0.9% | |
| 6,589 thousand | −0.7% | |
| 6,601 thousand | −0.4% | |
| 6,577 thousand | −0.5% | |
| 6,574 thousand | −0.2% | |
| 6,585 thousand | +0.3% | |
| 6,614 thousand | +2.0% | |
| 6,607 thousand | +2.2% | |
| 6,616 thousand | +3.4% | |
| 6,639 thousand | +5.1% | |
| 6,626 thousand | +6.1% | |
| 6,638 thousand | +7.1% | |
| 6,649 thousand | +8.2% | |
| 6,636 thousand | +9.1% | |
| 6,627 thousand | +10.0% | |
| 6,608 thousand | +10.1% | |
| 6,591 thousand | +9.6% | |
| 6,563 thousand | +10.7% | |
| 6,487 thousand | +10.2% | |
| 6,465 thousand | +10.1% | |
| 6,396 thousand | +9.3% | |
| 6,319 thousand | +10.1% | |
| 6,248 thousand | +10.5% | |
| 6,198 thousand | +10.9% | |
| 6,145 thousand | +11.9% | |
| 6,082 thousand | +12.0% | |
| 6,023 thousand | +13.6% | |
| 6,001 thousand | +13.5% | |
| 6,014 thousand | +3.6% | |
| 5,927 thousand | +2.6% | |
| 5,885 thousand | +1.1% | |
| 5,873 thousand | +2.0% | |
| 5,853 thousand | +2.0% | |
| 5,738 thousand | +0.4% | |
| 5,656 thousand | −0.9% | |
| 5,590 thousand | −1.9% | |
| 5,493 thousand | −3.4% | |
| 5,430 thousand | −4.3% | |
| 5,301 thousand | −6.0% | |
| 5,289 thousand | −5.8% | |
| 5,803 thousand | +3.9% | |
| 5,778 thousand | +3.7% | |
| 5,820 thousand | +4.2% | |
| 5,760 thousand | +4.3% | |
| 5,736 thousand | +3.6% | |
| 5,718 thousand | +3.6% | |
| 5,710 thousand | +4.0% | |
| 5,696 thousand | +4.2% | |
| 5,688 thousand | +4.7% | |
| 5,675 thousand | +4.6% | |
| 5,639 thousand | +4.3% | |
| 5,617 thousand | +4.5% | |
| 5,585 thousand | +4.3% | |
| 5,572 thousand | +4.8% | |
| 5,588 thousand | +5.6% | |
| 5,522 thousand | +4.5% | |
| 5,536 thousand | +5.3% | |
| 5,517 thousand | +5.1% | |
| 5,489 thousand | +4.9% | |
| 5,468 thousand | +5.2% | |
| 5,433 thousand | +4.8% | |
| 5,426 thousand | +4.8% | |
| 5,404 thousand | +4.7% | |
| 5,373 thousand | +4.7% | |
| 5,353 thousand | +4.7% | |
| 5,314 thousand | +4.2% | |
| 5,290 thousand | +4.1% | |
| 5,282 thousand | +3.6% | |
| 5,258 thousand | +3.8% | |
| 5,247 thousand | +4.0% | |
| 5,230 thousand | +4.0% | |
| 5,199 thousand | +3.2% | |
| 5,186 thousand | +3.5% | |
| 5,177 thousand | +3.9% | |
| 5,162 thousand | +3.6% | |
| 5,132 thousand | +3.4% | |
| 5,113 thousand | +3.3% | |
| 5,099 thousand | +3.4% | |
| 5,082 thousand | +3.4% | |
| 5,097 thousand | +3.1% | |
| 5,065 thousand | +3.1% | |
| 5,047 thousand | +3.0% |
How does it compare with the industries on the jobs by industry page?Ranked by the change over a year
| Series | Month | Value | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 23,959 thousand | +2.2% | 1 | |
| Private education and health | 28,005 thousand | +1.9% | 2 | |
| Utilities | 612 thousand | +1.7% | 3 | |
| Construction | 8,364 thousand | +1.3% | 4 | |
| Durable goods | 7,898 thousand | +1.1% | 5 | |
| Professional, scientific, technical | 10,844 thousand | +0.8% | 6 | |
| Accommodation and food services | 14,310 thousand | +0.7% | 7 | |
| Goods-producing | 21,623 thousand | +0.7% | 7 | |
| Other services | 6,039 thousand | +0.6% | 9 | |
| Professional and business services | 22,482 thousand | +0.6% | 9 | |
| Administrative, support, waste | 9,019 thousand | +0.5% | 11 | |
| Private service-providing | 114,094 thousand | +0.5% | 11 | |
| Total private | 135,717 thousand | +0.5% | 11 | |
| Leisure and hospitality | 16,969 thousand | +0.4% | 14 | |
| Wholesale trade | 6,078 thousand | +0.4% | 14 | |
| Local government | 15,173 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Manufacturing | 12,652 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Mining and logging | 607 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Service-providing | 137,421 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Total nonfarm | 159,044 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Retail trade | 15,480 thousand | +0.2% | 21 | |
| Trade, transportation, utilities | 28,778 thousand | +0.2% | 21 | |
| Mining, oil and gas extraction | 567 thousand | +0.1% | 23 | |
| Private education | 4,046 thousand | −0.1% | 24 | |
| Transportation and warehousing (this page) | 6,609 thousand | −0.1% | 24 | |
| Management of companies | 2,620 thousand | −0.3% | 26 | |
| State government | 5,472 thousand | −0.5% | 27 | |
| Real estate, rental, leasing | 2,438 thousand | −0.6% | 28 | |
| Government | 23,327 thousand | −0.9% | 29 | |
| Nondurable goods | 4,754 thousand | −0.9% | 29 | |
| Financial activities | 9,082 thousand | −1.2% | 31 | |
| Finance and insurance | 6,645 thousand | −1.4% | 32 | |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,659 thousand | −1.6% | 33 | |
| Information | 2,739 thousand | −4.2% | 34 | |
| Federal government | 2,682 thousand | −8.0% | 35 |
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Which industries are inside transportation and warehousing?Newest month of each industry
| Industry | Month | Count | Share | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air transportation | 569 thousand | 8.6% | −0.3% | 7 | |
| Rail transportation | 149 thousand | 2.3% | −3.1% | 9 | |
| Water transportation | 71 thousand | 1.1% | +0.1% | 5 | |
| Truck transportation | 1,473 thousand | 22.3% | +0.1% | 5 | |
| Transit and ground passenger transportation | 501 thousand | 7.6% | +2.3% | 1 | |
| Pipeline transportation | 57 thousand | 0.9% | +0.2% | 4 | |
| Scenic and sightseeing transportation | 34 thousand | 0.5% | −6.9% | 10 | |
| Support activities for transportation | 835 thousand | 12.6% | +0.7% | 2 | |
| Couriers and messengers | 1,090 thousand | 16.5% | +0.3% | 3 | |
| Warehousing and storage | 1,832 thousand | 27.7% | −1.2% | 8 |
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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite
What this number cannot tell you
- BLS counts jobs, not people: a person with two jobs on two payrolls is counted twice. Farm jobs, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers and members of the military are not counted.
- The count comes from a survey of employers, so each month's value carries sampling error. BLS revises each month twice in the two months after it is first published, and each February it benchmarks the series to a full count of jobs from unemployment insurance tax records and revises earlier values, so past values on this page can change.
- BLS publishes this series from 1972.
- JOLTS has no line for exactly this group of industries, so no job openings, hires, quits or layoffs are shown beside the count of jobs.
- The count is shown in whole thousands, but BLS publishes this series to one decimal, so the changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values, which are ours and worked out from the values as BLS publishes them, can differ in their last place from those worked out from the values as shown.
- The changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values are ours, worked out from the values BLS publishes; a change is in percent.
Observed . Checked .
How to cite this
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, Transportation and warehousing, seasonally adjusted, through September 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "How many jobs are there in transportation and warehousing?", https://500metrics.com/jobs-by-industry/transportation-warehousing.
Can the data be downloaded?jobs-by-industry-transportation-warehousing.csv
Download the full history as CSV: 657 rows, to , 12,646 bytes.
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