{"id":139,"date":"2014-10-17T12:38:43","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T19:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/?p=139"},"modified":"2022-03-29T00:41:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T07:41:23","slug":"bright-future-for-american-truckers-and-freight-brokers-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/bright-future-for-american-truckers-and-freight-brokers-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Truckers and Freight Brokers &#8211; Infographic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Don&#8217;t you love infographics?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>American truckers and freight brokers have many good reasons to be optimistic about their future according to this great one\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jwsuretybonds.com\/blog\/freight-brokers-and-american-truckers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JW Surety Bonds<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trucking is an impressive $790 billion industry. 82% of all goods in the US get transported by truck at some point and top products include electronics, furniture, food, and clothing.<\/p>\n<p>Some exciting or unexpected facts from this infographic:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you know that half of the truckers have 200+ nights out every year: more than any young person?<\/li>\n<li>Truckers earn up to $80,000 &#8211; almost twice the average American yearly wage<\/li>\n<li>Truckers are freight brokers&#8217; choice of transport, shipping over 81% of the total freight revenue<\/li>\n<li>The top 25 freight brokerage firms have a combined revenue of $22.7 billion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Enjoy!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/\/www.jwsuretybonds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/JW-Surety-Bonds-Infographic.jpg\" alt=\"Bright future for American Truckers infographic\" width=\"600\" height=\"3785\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Visit our website for more information about our freight shipping marketplace and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/freight-companies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trucking companies<\/a> we&#8217;re working with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t you love infographics? 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