ATRI News Updates

Data for 2025 can be submitted online or by PDF via ATRI’s website. All confidential data is protected and published only in anonymized averages.

The last ATA Driver Compensation Study found truckload drivers earned median annual pay of $76,420 in 2023, a 10% increase compared with the level reported in 2021’s study.

New research from ATRI examines the impact of tort litigation industrywide as well as myriad factors that were found to contribute to the outcomes of high-profile court cases.

Compensation is the top concern among professional drivers in 2025, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual survey of trucking industry participants.

The 2025 ATRI Top Industry Issues report, released Oct. 26, found that the economy was the top concern among industry stakeholders for the third year in a row.

ATRI researchers conducted numerous interviews with industry participants who lost goods due to cargo theft. They also had input from experts who work to monitor and prevent this crime.

“In challenging environments like this one, it is ever more important to understand the issues facing fleets," ATA Chairman Dennis Dellinger says.

A scarcity of diesel technicians facing career obstacles is a widening concern for a trucking industry that depends on them, according to a new American Transportation Research Institute report.

ATRI's latest Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking survey found that while the average cost of operating a truck dipped slightly last year, some marginal costs jumped.

The appointments will take effect after the separation of FedEx Freight from FedEx Corp., which the company expects to complete by June 2026.