22 Oregon Trucking Association, Inc. Oregon Truck Dispatch SAFETY MATTERS TRUCKING DRIVES THE ECONOMY 67.9% COMMITMENT TO SHARING THE ROAD The Share the Road program sends a team of professional truck drivers to communities around the country to teach car drivers about truck blind spots, stopping distances and how to merge safely around large trucks, all designed to reduce the number of car-truck crashes. COMPETITIVE WAGES Primarily small, locally owned businesses, these companies are served by a wide range of supporting businesses. TRANSPORTING THE ESSENTIALS Improved driver training Investment in advanced safety technologies Active participation in industry safety initiatives at the local, state and national levels Between 1975 and 2020, the U.S. large truck fatal crash rate has dropped Total trucking industry wages paid in Oregon in 2021 exceeded $5.5 billion, with an average annual trucking industry salary of $54,072. CAREERS 101,030 Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers held 22,840 jobs in Oregon in 2021. The national average annual salary of an over-the-road truck driver is $69,387. Trucking industry jobs in Oregon 1 in 16 jobs in the state SMALL BUSINESS EMPHASIS 25,180Trucking companies located in Oregon of manufactured tonnage transported by trucks in Oregon. 122,780 tons per day of communities in the state depend exclusively on trucks to move their goods. 76.9% SAFETY FIRST Oregon Trucking Association members put safety first through: CONTINUALLY IMPROVING 2020 U.S. fatal crash rate per 100 million Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT): Oregon ..................................... 1.30 USA.............................................1.47 ortrucking.org ORTrucking.org @OTAOregon /company/oregon- trucking-associations @ortrucking Updated March 2023 with most recent data available Oregon TRUCKING FAST FACTS 90.9%
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