United States (ATA)
ATA American Trucking Trends 2025
- Trucks moved 11.27 billion tons of freight, the vast majority of all domestic freight tonnage;
- The industry generated $906 billion in annual revenue in 2024;
- The industry moved 85% of all trade between the U.S. and Mexico, and 67% of Canada-U.S. trade;
- Roughly 8.4 million people were employed in jobs related to trucking activity, including 3.58 million drivers;
- Of those 3.58 million drivers, minorities account for 50.1% of all drivers and 7.9% of truck drivers are women.
ATRI FAST FACTS for MAINE
EMPLOYMENT/WAGES/NEED
- 33,800 Trucking industry jobs in Maine (2024) – one out of every 16 in the state.
- 13,420 Trucking companies located in Maine (2025).
- 84.4% of Maine communities depend exclusively on trucks to move their goods.
- 98.7% of total manufactured tonnage is transported by trucks in ME. That’s 52,650 tons per day.
- Total trucking industry wages paid in Maine in 2024 exceeded $2.1 billion, with an average annual trucking industry salary of $60,660.
- Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers held 10,180 jobs with an average annual salary of $75,144 (2023 ATA Driver Compensation Study).
TAXES
- Maine trucking industry pays approximately $144 million in federal and state roadway taxes (2025).
- The industry paid 30% of all taxes owed by Maine motorists …
- Despite trucks representing only 10% of vehicle miles traveled in the state.
- As of January 2026, a typical five-axle tractor-semitrailer combination paid:
- $11,351 federal highway user fees and taxes + $5,829 state highway user fees and taxes
- These taxes were over and above the typical taxes paid by businesses in Maine.
ROADWAY USE
- There are 22,848 miles of public roads in Maine (2026).
- 1.4 billion miles driven by trucks on public roads
- 14.9 billion miles driven by all motorists on public roads
ENVIRONMENT
Improved Emissions: Through advancements in engine technology and fuel refinements:
- New diesel truck engines produce 98% fewer particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions than a similar engine manufactured prior to 1990.
- Sulfur emissions from diesel engines have also been reduced by 97% since 1999.
- 49% of Maine commercial trucks are now powered by the newest-generation, near-zero emissions diesel technology.
- Medium- and heavy-duty trucks contribute just 23% of all transportation-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S. and represent only 6% of total U.S. GHG emissions.
Fuel Consumption Improvements: The trucking industry continues to improve energy and environmental efficiency even while traveling just 7..8% of the total miles traveled. In 2023:
- Combination trucks accounted for just 21.8% of the total highway transportation fuel consumed.
- Combination trucks consumed 59 billion fewer gallons of fuel than passenger vehicles in the U.S.