Massachusetts Trucking Industry
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According to the Diesel Technology Forum, Massachusetts, the Bay State's trucking industry handles 83% of the state’s freight exports and 69% of its imports.
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), a part of the American Trucking Associations(ATA), published the following report on how the trucking industry relates to Massachusetts’ economy:
Trucking Drives the Economy
Employment:
In the year 2011, Massachusetts' trucking industry offered 116,930 jobs or one out of 24 in the state. Massachusetts' total paid trucking industry wages exceeded $5.8 billion, with an average yearly trucking industry salary of $49,351. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the United States reported in May 2011 that truck drivers, heavy tractor-trailer and light delivery drivers, held 41,590 jobs with a mean yearly salary of $40,945.
Small Business Emphasis:
In the year 2012, there were over 8,260 small and locally owned trucking companies located in Massachusetts that are served by a wide range of large and small supporting businesses.
Transportation of Essential Products:
Over 87% of Massachusetts populations depend solely on trucks to move their goods. Trucks transported 91% of the state's total manufactured tonnage in 2010 or 537,317 tons per day.
Trucking Pays the Freight
As an Industry:
In the year 2009, Massachusetts' trucking industry paid nearly $417 million in federal and state roadway taxes. The industry paid 28% of all taxes owed by Massachusetts motorists, despite the trucks serving only 6% of vehicle miles traveled.
Individual Companies:
In January 2013, a typical five-axle tractor-semitrailer combination paid $5,280 in state highway use taxes in addition to $8,906 in federal use taxes. These taxes were higher than the regular taxes paid by Massachusetts' businesses.
Roadway Use:
In 2008, Massachusetts owned 36,105 miles of public roads over which all motorists traveled 55 billion miles where the trucks traveled for 3 billion miles.
HVUT
HVUT is the Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax paid to the IRS annually for operating heavy vehicles weighing 55,000 pounds or more on public highways.
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IFTA
IFTA is the International Fuel Tax Agreement signed among the 48 low states of United States and 10 Canada Provinces to make the fuel reporting simple for the truckers who operate their qualified vehicle in more than two IFTA state jurisdictions.
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Permits
Interstate truckers who operate in states other than their base state requires a permit to enter into other member jurisdictions. Find more information on Massachusetts' trucking permits like Oversize and Overweight Permits, Temporary Trip and Fuel Permits.
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Resources
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