Logistics & Warehousing · FF-011
U.S. Freight & Warehousing
Explore the scale of U.S. freight movement alongside the warehouse workforce, occupations, pay, establishments, and operating trends that support distribution.
Interactive comparison
Employment by warehouse occupation
Switch between warehouse occupations, pay, establishment growth, and recent industry employment.
Freight at national scale
More than 55 million tons of goods move each day
BTS's Freight Analysis Framework integrates the Commodity Flow Survey, foreign trade data, and other sector data. The new FAF6 benchmark uses 2022 as its base year and provides freight weight and value by origin, destination, commodity, and mode.
Warehouse workforce
Employment and pay benchmarks
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics for Warehousing and Storage (NAICS 493), May 2025.
| Occupation | Employment | Median hourly | Mean hourly | Median annual | Mean annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock clerks & order fillers | 457,740 | $21.49 | $22.09 | $44,700 | $45,950 |
| Freight, stock & material movers | 433,060 | $22.06 | $21.82 | $45,880 | $45,380 |
| Industrial truck & tractor operators | 286,750 | $23.16 | $24.23 | $48,170 | $50,390 |
| Shipping, receiving & traffic clerks | 89,090 | $22.42 | $22.99 | $46,640 | $47,820 |
| Transportation, storage & distribution managers | 21,430 | $47.75 | $53.79 | $99,330 | $111,890 |
Industry earnings & hours
Warehousing payroll benchmarks
Warehouse footprint
Private warehousing establishments continued to expand in 2025
Operations context
Warehousing is more than storage
BLS defines the subsector as facilities that store and secure goods and may also provide logistics services such as inventory control, order fulfillment, packaging, pick-and-pack, labeling, light assembly, and transportation arrangement. In 2024, the industry recorded a 4.8 total-recordable injury and illness case rate per 100 full-time workers.
Methodology & source
About these figures
This page combines complementary federal datasets without treating unlike measures as a single series. National freight scale comes from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Freight Analysis Framework and Moving Goods in the United States. Warehouse employment, earnings, occupations, establishments, and safety measures come from BLS programs for NAICS 493.
Freight source: BTS Freight Analysis Framework · Warehouse source: BLS Warehousing and Storage.
CalculateMeasure refresh: Aug. 22, 2026 · Review cadence: Monthly for CES; quarterly for QCEW; annual/new-release review for OEWS and FAF.
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