Table 6-1. Overview of the Wholesale and Retail Trade Sector’s Contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Use of Transportation
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| Wholesale and retail trade | Value |
Year (latest year where data available) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Contribution to GDP | $2,130.1 | billion | 2014 |
| Use of transportation | $292.1 | billion | 2012 |
| Amount of transportation required to produce a dollar of output | 9.9 | 2012 | |
| Number of transportation and material moving workers | |||
| Wholesale trade | 1,167,230 | 2014 | |
| Retail trade | 1,033,160 | 2014 | |
| Transportation and material moving workers as percent of sector’s work force | |||
| Wholesale trade | 20.0 | 2014 | |
| Retail trade | 6.6 | 2014 | |
| Median annual wage of transportation and material moving workers | |||
| Wholesale trade | $30,680 | 2014 | |
| Retail trade | $22,750 | 2014 | |
| Number of trucks used | 2,266 | thousand | 2002 |
| Truck miles accumulated | 44,434 | million | 2002 |
| Shipments made by wholesale industry | |||
| Value | $6.1 | trillion | 2012 |
| Tons | 3.8 | billion | 2012 |
| Ton-miles | 723.2 | billion | 2012 |
| Average miles per shipment | 413 | 2012 | |
NOTE: Table presents latest data available, as of Aug. 11, 2016.
Data on number of trucks and truck miles accumulated was last collected in the Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey for 2002.
Shipment data not available for the retail trade industry.
SOURCE: Data for this table is drawn from figures and tables presented throughout this chapter.