{
  "id": 11468274,
  "title": "Took awhile to happen but trucking jobs are now more than year ago",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/took-awhile-to-happen-but-trucking-jobs-are-now-more-than-year-ago",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-02T14:24:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "FreightWaves",
    "slug": "freightwaves",
    "url": "https://www.freightwaves.com/news/took-awhile-to-happen-but-trucking-jobs-are-now-more-than-year-ago"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Trucking jobs, which had not grown in more than three years, increased in September after being more than 800 jobs lower than one year prior. This marked the first positive year-over-year comparison since April 2023. The report showed a total of 1,473,100 truck transportation jobs in September, up 2,600 jobs from August. The sub-category of truckload drivers saw steady growth, increasing to 503,200 jobs from 501,400 in August. LTL jobs also continued to rise, reaching 248,900 jobs in August, up from 246,000 jobs in July. Experts suggest the rise in truckload and LTL jobs does not necessarily indicate capacity is leaving the market, but rather that existing establishments are adding capacity. Some concern remains about warehouse jobs, which have been declining for three consecutive months, reaching 1,831,800 jobs in September, down more than 107,000 jobs from their March 2022 peak. Despite these challenges, the overall employment increase was positive and within the range of breakeven estimates, indicating a fragile but resilient labor market.",
  "summary": "Truck transportation jobs in September were more than they were a year ago, a situation that hasn’t occurred in several years. The post Took awhile to happen but trucking jobs are now more than year ago appeared first on FreightWaves .",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}