Transportation and Warehousing Employment

NAICS 48 • BLS Current Employment Statistics (CES)

The Transportation and Warehousing industry employed 6,550.5K workers as of Mar 2026 (seasonally adjusted), a change of -121.2K over 12 months. Source: BLS CES.

Monthly Employment (thousands, SA) — last 5 years

Show full history (1972–present, 651 months)
Monthly seasonally-adjusted employment (thousands) for Transportation and Warehousing with month-over-month change, BLS CES.
Date Employment (K) MoM Change
Mar 2026 6,550.5 +21
Feb 2026 6,529.5 -48.5
Jan 2026 6,578.0 +22.6
Dec 2025 6,555.4 -4.8
Nov 2025 6,560.2 -58.9
Oct 2025 6,619.1 +0.6
Sep 2025 6,618.5 -39.3
Aug 2025 6,657.8 -1.6
Jul 2025 6,659.4 +3.9
Jun 2025 6,655.5 0
May 2025 6,655.5 +0.1
Apr 2025 6,655.4 -16.3
Mar 2025 6,671.7 -17.4
Feb 2025 6,689.1 +24.2
Jan 2025 6,664.9 +1.7
Dec 2024 6,663.2 +3.6
Nov 2024 6,659.6 +9.4
Oct 2024 6,650.2 -9.2
Sep 2024 6,659.4 +16.2
Aug 2024 6,643.2 -2.8
Jul 2024 6,646.0 -1.2
Jun 2024 6,647.2 +2.6
May 2024 6,644.6 +13.2
Apr 2024 6,631.4 +21.3
Mar 2024 6,610.1 +9.8
Feb 2024 6,600.3 +37.8
Jan 2024 6,562.5 +1.9
Dec 2023 6,560.6 -50.4
Nov 2023 6,611.0 -1.2
Oct 2023 6,612.2 +16.9
Sep 2023 6,595.3 +20.8
Aug 2023 6,574.5 -14.9
Jul 2023 6,589.4 0
Jun 2023 6,589.4 -11.2
May 2023 6,600.6 +23.4
Apr 2023 6,577.2 +2.9
Mar 2023 6,574.3 -10.6
Feb 2023 6,584.9 -29.4
Jan 2023 6,614.3 +7.8
Dec 2022 6,606.5 -9.5
Nov 2022 6,616.0 -22.8
Oct 2022 6,638.8 +12.5
Sep 2022 6,626.3 -12.1
Aug 2022 6,638.4 -10.4
Jul 2022 6,648.8 +12.4
Jun 2022 6,636.4 +9.2
May 2022 6,627.2 +19.3
Apr 2022 6,607.9 +17.2
Mar 2022 6,590.7 +28
Feb 2022 6,562.7 +75.4
Jan 2022 6,487.3 +22.3
Dec 2021 6,465.0 +68.8
Nov 2021 6,396.2 +77
Oct 2021 6,319.2 +71.5
Sep 2021 6,247.7 +49.8
Aug 2021 6,197.9 +52.7
Jul 2021 6,145.2 +63.7
Jun 2021 6,081.5 +58.8
May 2021 6,022.7 +21.4
Apr 2021 6,001.3 —