April trucking jobs report shows a big increase in hiring
Key takeaways
- April trucking jobs report shows a big increase in hiring Truck transportation hiring showed one of the biggest gains in several years.
- The jobs total of 1,496,600 jobs was 4,300 more than in March.
- But that number carried something of an asterisk: it came after a job reduction of 32,700 jobs a month earlier on the back of Yellow Corp. closing.
April trucking jobs report shows a big increase in hiring Truck transportation hiring showed one of the biggest gains in several years. (Photo: Jim Allen\Freight Waves) John Kingston Fri, May 8, 2026 at 9:15 PM GMT+7 4 min read Truck transportation jobs in April rose by an amount that has not been seen for a long time.
The jobs total of 1,496,600 jobs was 4,300 more than in March. To find a one-month gain of more than 4,300 jobs in truck transportation, you need to go back to September 2023, when the BLS reported a jobs gain in that sector of 6,000 jobs.
But that number carried something of an asterisk: it came after a job reduction of 32,700 jobs a month earlier on the back of Yellow Corp. closing. So the big increase the next month could have been driven in part by some of those laid off Yellow truck transportation workers finding other employment.