Table 1
Summary statistics by size, for-hire carriers, 2007

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Summary statistics by size, for-hire carriers, 2007
  Small carriers Medium and large carriers Top carriers Total
$30,000  to $999,999 4  $1 million to $24,9 million 5 $25 million and over
Estimated number of carriers (No.) 7,324 4,277 97 11,698
  millions of dollars
Operating revenue 2,073 21,551 8,478 32,102
Operating expenses 1,941 20,344 8,079 30,364
Salaries and wages 1 463 5,765 1,932 8,160
Fuel 459 2,760 706 3,925
Owner operator expenses 57 3,519 2,172 5,748
Purchased transport 2 255 2,194 1,429 3,878
Maintenance 192 1,601 424 2,217
Depreciation 174 1,175 392 1,741
Other expenses 3 341 3,331 1,024 4,696
Operating ratio (%) … 0.94 0.95 …
Number of employees (No.) 25,079 121,387 38,544 185,010
Equipment operated (No.)  
Straight trucks 5,108 14,733 1,703 21,544
Road tractors 11,214 61,440 17,044 89,698
1.
Includes employee benefits.
2.
Includes driver services, vehicle lease or rent, total purchased transportation and load broker services.
3.
Includes terminal expenses and other operating expenses (insurance, administration, etc.).
4.
See methodology in Section 3.
5.
Includes carriers from the Annual survey of small for-hire carriers and owner operators with annual operating revenue greater than $1 million.
Note(s):
Totals may not add due to rounding. Data for top, medium and large carriers are collected from the Quarterly motor carriers of freight survey while the small carriers data are from the Annual survey of small for-hire carriers and owner operators.