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TrUckINg aDDs 3,300 jobs;
NaTIoNal UNemploymeNT
HolDs aT 6.7 perceNT
The for-hire trucking industry
added 3,300 jobs in March, accord-
ing to the monthly employment report
released by the Department of Labor’s
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The U.S. economy as a whole added
192,000 non-farm jobs in March.
National unemployment rate remained
unchanged at 6.7 percent.
March employment rose in con-
struction (19,000 jobs), retail trade
(21,300 jobs), professional and business
services (57,000), education and health
services (34,000) and leisure and hospi-
tality (29,000).
For-hire trucking totaled 1.3934
million payroll jobs in March, up 1.8
percent from March 2013 and up 12.9
percent from March 2010, the low

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14 aRkaNSaS tRuckiNg RepoRt | issue 2 2014