Truckers are older on average than other workers. Their median age is 46 compared with 41 for all workers.

They also have lower than average educational attainment (7% have a bachelor’s degree versus 35% for all workers).

Despite this, truckers are less likely to be unemployed than other workers (4.1% unemployed versus 5.3% for all workers) but they are also less likely to have health insurance (15% uninsured versus 10% for all workers).

Although many truckers work a regular 40-hour workweek, almost half of truckers work longer hours. In comparison, about a quarter of workers in all occupations work more than 40 hours a week.

On average, truck drivers working full time, year-round, earn about $43,252 annually, lower than the median for all full-time workers ($47,016), but exceed those of other blue-collar jobs.

At least one in 10 truckers are veterans, double the rate of workers in general. Even accounting for its large proportion of men and older workers, truckers still outpace other occupations as a destination for veterans.