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June job growth solid but slowing in truck transportation sector 

July 8, 2022

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Truck transportation jobs grew in June but at a slower pace than the last several months.

Since the gigantic decline of 78,800 jobs in April 2020 at the start of the pandemic, seasonally adjusted truck transportation jobs reported monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics have grown every month but one, a 2,700-job decline in March.

But the 4,300 jobs added in June were far less than the pace of the last few months. The increase in truck transportation jobs in May was 16,900; in April, it was 14,900 jobs. And before that one-month decline in March, the growth was 11,000 jobs in February and 6,800 jobs in January.

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