Trucking companies boosted payrolls at the fastest pace in nearly three years in March as transportation and logistics companies added 9,800 jobs to keep up with a booming U.S. shipping market, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Sourcing the Labor Department’s latest job report, The Journal reported that the trucking sector added 6,700 workers last month, bringing hiring at fleets to 18,500 new jobs for the first quarter, the strongest quarterly job growth for trucking since 2012.
Parcel carriers added 5,800 jobs last month while warehouse and storage payrolls rose by 2,500. Both sectors are benefiting from robust growth in e-commerce retail sales.
The strong hiring at logistics-focused operations came despite slowing jobs growth in the broader U.S. economy, which added 103,000 jobs last month, and in the manufacturing and other goods-producing sectors that feed shipments into domestic and international supply chains.
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