Every indicator we track, what it measures and
what it does not. Click any figure for its full history.
Rates by segment
What hauling sells for
Ten years of producer price indices. These are the only free
public measures that separate dry van from flatbed from LTL — every
comparable commercial series sits behind a subscription.
Prices received by carriers, indexed. Contract and spot blended, so these move later and more gently than a spot rate would.
Source:
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
All trucking. A weighted blend of everything below it, so it can mask segments moving in opposite directions. Useful as a headline, poor for a decision.Dry van truckload. An index, not a rate. It tracks change from a base period rather than dollars per mile, and it blends contract and spot business, so it moves later and more gently than a spot rate would. NAICS 484121.Flatbed and specialized. The nearest public proxy for flatbed, but it is broader than flatbed alone: NAICS 484230 covers every kind of specialised long-distance hauling except household goods. No free source isolates flatbed by itself.LTL. LTL pricing is set very differently from truckload -- published tariffs, negotiated discounts and accessorials -- so this index is not comparable to the truckload one in level, only in direction. NAICS 484122.
Fuel
Diesel by region
Five years of weekly retail prices, national and by Petroleum
Administration for Defense District — the regions nearly every fuel
surcharge in the industry is written against.
Retail pump averages including taxes, surveyed each Monday.
Source:
U.S. Energy Information Administration,
National average. A retail pump average including taxes, surveyed every Monday. Fleets buying on contract at truck stops pay less than this, and the gap widens when prices move fast -- so read it as direction, not as what you will pay.East Coast (PADD 1). A retail pump average including taxes, surveyed every Monday. Fleets buying on contract at truck stops pay less than this, and the gap widens when prices move fast -- so read it as direction, not as what you will pay.Midwest (PADD 2). A retail pump average including taxes, surveyed every Monday. Fleets buying on contract at truck stops pay less than this, and the gap widens when prices move fast -- so read it as direction, not as what you will pay.Gulf Coast (PADD 3). A retail pump average including taxes, surveyed every Monday. Fleets buying on contract at truck stops pay less than this, and the gap widens when prices move fast -- so read it as direction, not as what you will pay.Rocky Mountain (PADD 4). A retail pump average including taxes, surveyed every Monday. Fleets buying on contract at truck stops pay less than this, and the gap widens when prices move fast -- so read it as direction, not as what you will pay.West Coast (PADD 5). A retail pump average including taxes, surveyed every Monday. Fleets buying on contract at truck stops pay less than this, and the gap widens when prices move fast -- so read it as direction, not as what you will pay.