Mississippi Trucking Industry
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The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), a part of the American Trucking Associations (ATA), published the following report on how the trucking industry relates to Mississippi’s economy:
Trucking Drives the Economy
In the year 2011, Mississippi's trucking industry provided 66,730 jobs or to one among 13 in the state. Total Mississippi's trucking industry wages paid exceeded $2.6 billion, with $38,424 of an average annual trucking industry salary. In May 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the United States reported that truck drivers, heavy, tractor-trailer and light delivery drivers, held 27,250 jobs with a base annual salary of $33,170.
Small Business Emphasis:
In the year 2012, there were over 4,670 of small, locally owned trucking companies located in Mississippi, served by a wide range of both large and small supporting businesses.
Transportation of Essential Products:
Over 86% of Mississippi communities depend exclusively on trucks to move their goods. Trucks transported 76% of the state's total manufactured tonnage in 2010 or 262,206 tons per day.
Trucking Pays the Freight
As an Industry:
In the year 2009, Mississippi's trucking industry paid approximately $375 million in federal and state roadway taxes. The sector paid 40% of all taxes owed by Mississippi motorists, despite trucks representing only 15% of the state's vehicle miles traveled.
Individual Companies:
In January 2014, a typical five-axle tractor-semitrailer combination paid $5,871 of state highway use taxes in addition to $8,906 of federal use taxes which were over and above the standard taxes paid by Mississippi's businesses.
Roadway Use:
In the year 2008, Mississippi had 74,887 miles of public roads over which all motorists traveled 44 billion miles, and the truckers traveled 6.4 billion miles.
