Table 1
Summary statistics by size, for-hire carriers, 2005

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Summary statistics by size, for-hire carriers, 2005
  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.) 7,067 4,079 91 11,237
  millions of dollars
Operating revenues 2,126 20,280 8,384 30,790
Operating expenses 2,020 18,719 7,765 28,504
Salaries and wages 1 487 5,202 1,911 7,600
Fuel 413 2,461 646 3,520
Owner operator expenses 92 3,650 2,098 5,840
Purchased transport 2 231 1,798 1,317 3,346
Maintenance 193 1,500 389 2,083
Depreciation 190 1,106 318 1,614
Other expenses 3 413 3,002 1,086 4,501
Operating ratio (%) … 0.92 0.93 …
Number of employees (No.) 24,769 123,929 40,082 188,780
Equipment operated (No.)  
Straight trucks 3,697 13,150 1,549 18,396
Road tractors 12,470 64,466 16,403 93,339
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 revenues 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.