Women made up 6.2 percent of all truck drivers as of 2017, up from 4.9 percent in 2008, the ATA reports — still a pittance considering they make up almost half the U.S. workforce.

The American Trucking Association estimated a shortage of about 60,000 drivers at the start of the year, prompting trucking firms to seek out women. ... hopped out of her 80-foot-long truck and ...

Women made up 4.8 percent of the 1.37 million truck drivers in the United States in 2021, according to the most recent government statistics, up from 4 percent a decade earlier. Long-haul truck ...

Today, women account for 8.1% of all truck drivers in the United States, up from 4.9% 20 years ago, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jennifer Hedrick ...

Lily Ladies Steer Women Truck Drivers to Success. March 20, 2025 • By Deborah Lockridge • Bookmark + How does Lily ... The company has about 1,500 drivers across the United States.

Women driving heavy trucks in the United States is by no means unprecedented, ... WIT interviewed women truck drivers and found they rated their safety an average of 4.4 on a scale of one to 10.

The lack of women drivers, however, is one of the most standout areas of potential because of the tremendous labor pool available for recruitment: More than 95% of U.S. truck drivers are male. The ...

I’m speaking of the approximately 1.8 million women and men who drive ... why they became truck drivers, as Deb ... all over the western United States,” his anxiety level has been ...

Only 7 percent of the 300,000 to 500,000 so-called over-the-road truck drivers in the United States are women. Companies have sought to recruit more women, whose numbers have increased in local ...

Gas stations have a reputation for being dangerous, especially for women. Women, perceived as more vulnerable, are likelier than men to experience carjacking, robbery and sexual crimes. Around ...

But some women say many trucking companies have made it effectively impossible for them to get those jobs. Skip to content. ... National News | Women could fill truck driver jobs.

Women made up 4.8% of the 1.37 million truck drivers in the United States in 2021, according to the most recent government statistics, up from 4% a decade earlier.