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IOWA Workforce Development Transportation & Warehousing 2016 IOWA Industry Profile https://www.iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov/labor-market-information-division Executive Summary In 2015, the transportation and warehousing sector comprised 4.4 percent of total public and private sector employment in Iowa, employing 66,678 people at 4,634 establishments. This sector had an average annual wage of $43,960, which is just shy of the state’s average annual wage of $44,094. Public employees also have a large impact in this sector, as postal workers make up 11.3 percent of total sector employment. The role of the post office in transportation is declining, however, which is evident in the fact that postal workers made up 11.9 percent of sector employment in 2014. Like most sectors, transportation and warehousing took a hit to employment due to the recent recession. The industry reached its employment low of 60,689 in 2009, losing over 2,000 jobs from 2008 to 2009. Employment reached pre-recession levels again in 2012 and has grown 8.2 percent overall since 2006. Much of that growth occurred recently, as employment grew by 2,894 jobs, or 4.5 percent, from 2014 to 2015. This sector is fairly male-dominated; men hold 75.7 percent of jobs in the industry.
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IOWA Workforce Development
Transportation &
Warehousing
2016 IOWA Industry Profile
https://www.iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov/labor-market-information-division
Executive Summary
In 2015, the transportation and warehousing sector comprised 4.4 percent of total public and private sector employment in Iowa, employing 66,678 people at 4,634 establishments. This sector had an average annual wage of $43,960, which is just shy of the state’s average annual wage of $44,094. Public employees also have a large impact in this sector, as postal workers make up 11.3 percent of total sector employment. The role of the post office in transportation is declining, however, which is evident in the fact that postal workers made up 11.9 percent of sector employment in 2014. Like most sectors, transportation and warehousing took a hit to employment due to the recent recession. The industry reached its employment low of 60,689 in 2009, losing over 2,000 jobs from 2008 to 2009. Employment reached pre-recession levels again in 2012 and has grown 8.2 percent overall since 2006. Much of that growth occurred recently, as employment grew by 2,894 jobs, or 4.5 percent, from 2014 to 2015. This sector is fairly male-dominated; men hold 75.7 percent of jobs in the industry.
What is Transportation &
Warehousing? The transportation and warehousing sector includes industries providing transportation of passengers and cargo, warehousing and storage for goods, scenic and sightseeing transportation, and support activities related to modes of transportation. Establishments in these industries use transportation equipment or transporta-tion related facilities as a productive asset. The type of equipment depends on the mode of transportation. The modes of transportation are air, rail, water, road, and pipeline.
Transportation & Warehousing
Iowa Industry Profile
https://www.iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov/labor-market-information-division
2015 Industry Breakout by Employment in Iowa Transportation & Warehousing
Percentage Employed & Average Annual Wage (AAW) by Subsector
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), Iowa Workforce Development
2006-2015 Employment in Transportation & Warehousing
61,631 62,832 62,865 60,689 60,896 62,269 63,121 63,325 63,784 66,678
$37,407
$38,482$38,328
$38,070
$39,375
$39,727
$40,630
$40,987
$42,593
$43,960
57,000
58,000
59,000
60,000
61,000
62,000
63,000
64,000
65,000
66,000
67,000
68,000
$36,000
$37,000
$38,000
$39,000
$40,000
$41,000
$42,000
$43,000
$44,000
$45,000
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Employment
Average Annual Wage
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), Iowa Workforce Development Source: www.bls.gov/cew/bls_naics/bls_naics_app.htm
484 - Truck transportation
46%AAW = $46,367
485 - Transit & ground passenger
transportation7%
AAW = $23,360
486 - Pipeline transportation
1%AAW = $95,390
488 - Support activities for
transportation5%
AAW = $44,325
491 - Postal service11%
AAW = $54,564
492 - Couriers and messengers
8%AAW = $40,353
493 - Warehousing and storage
21%AAW = $39,865
Air, Water, & Scenic or Sightseeing
Transportation1%
AAW = $51,293
Transportation & Warehousing
Iowa Industry Profile
https://www.iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov/labor-market-information-division
For 2015, there were 4,634 locations in transportation and warehousing. These establishments employed 66,678 people. By far, the largest subsector in this industry is truck transportation, which employs 30,578 Iowans, or about 45.9 percent of workers in the transportation & warehousing sector. Several subsectors within this sector have very little employment and thus were pooled together in the information displayed on the previous page. These pooled subsectors only account for 380 employees in the state, which is roughly half of one percent of total sector employment.
Employers
Name of Company Industry
Cloverleaf Cold Storage Warehousing and storage
Exel Warehousing and storage
GSTC Logistics Warehousing and storage
Heartland Express General freight trucking
Lineage Logistics Warehousing and storage
Panama Transfer General freight trucking
TMC Transportation General freight trucking
US Postal Service Postal service
XPO Logistics Freight General freight trucking
Source: www.iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov/employer-database
Examples of Transportation & Warehousing Employers
Sector Statewide: Employment - 66,678
Average Annual Wage - $43,960
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), Iowa Workforce Development
Label Key: First line is the county
name followed by average employment and finally, average
wage.
2015 Covered Employment in Transportation & Warehousing
Transportation & Warehousing
Iowa Industry Profile
Iowa Workforce Development, Employment Statistics Bureau
1000 E Grand Ave Des Moines, IA 50319
800-532-1249 Fax: 515-281-8195
[email protected] www.iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov
Equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids and services are available
upon request to individuals with disabilities.
TTY 515-281-4748 1-800-831-1399
Contact Information
https://www.iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov/labor-market-information-division
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), Iowa Workforce Development
2015 Average Annual Wage for Covered Employment in Transportation & Warehousing
State Comparisons by Private Ownership*
Nebraska $42,757
Industry Distribution by Age & Gender 4th Qtr. 2015
Source: Local Employment Dynamics, Iowa Workforce Development and U.S. Census Bureau http://lehd.did.census.gov
North Dakota $63,271
United States Average: $49,931
Kansas $44,144
Iowa $43,266
Minnesota $48,456
South Dakota $41,404
Wisconsin $41,414
Illinois $51,776 Indiana
$43,449
Michigan $51,868
Ohio $47,000
Missouri $43,981
* - Does not include postal service employees
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