Figure 4. Percentage of workers who enter truck driving, by initial occupation departed
Occupation For-hire drivers Private-carriage drivers

Management

11.9 6.7

Professional and related

3.3 2.8

Service

9.0 9.3

Sales and related

7.2 13.4

Office and administrative support

21.5 9.6

Farming, fishing, and forestry

1.4 3.1

Construction and extraction

11.1 18.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair

8.0 7.7

Production

7.3 10.0

Transportation and material moving

19.3 19.2

Source: Authors’ calculations based on data from the Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Groups, 2003–17.