Chart of the Month: The gap between trucking and construction salaries

While driver salaries have recently risen due to the labor shortage and increased freight rates, trucking companies are still losing out on talent to the construction industry. In a bid to attract more drivers, companies like Amazon have announced additional pay increases for employees. Still, the trucking industry falls behind the construction industry in average salary. To paint a clearer picture, the chart below compares the average salaries of heavy and trailer-truck drivers to those in construction and extraction occupations in the highest paying states for construction workers. 
 
SOURCES: Bureau of Labor Statistics National Occupational Employment & Wage Estimates (US), Business Insider, Journal of Commerce