Freight Market Dashboard

The U.S. Energy Information Administration surveys retail on-highway diesel prices every week and publishes them in dollars per gallon, for the country as a whole and for five regions: the East Coast, the Midwest, the Gulf Coast, the Rocky Mountain states and the West Coast.

The heavy line is the U.S. average; the lighter lines are the five regions, with each region’s latest price listed under the chart.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update. Checked October 2, 2026.

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ Transportation Services Index measures the movement of freight and passengers. It is seasonally adjusted and combines the available data on freight traffic into a monthly measure of transportation services output.

BTS publishes the freight index monthly, set to 100 in the year 2000. This chart covers the last five years.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transportation Services Index and Seasonally-Adjusted Transportation Data. Checked October 2, 2026.

The Federal Reserve’s monthly index of industrial production covers manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities. It is seasonally adjusted and set to 100 in 2017.

The Federal Reserve notes that the industrial sector, together with construction, accounts for the bulk of the variation in national output over the course of the business cycle. This chart covers the last five years.

Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Industrial Production: Total Index (G.17), via FRED. Checked October 2, 2026.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counts all employees in the truck transportation industry every month, seasonally adjusted, in thousands of people.

The series counts all employees on truck transportation payrolls, not drivers alone. This chart covers the last five years.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, All Employees, Truck Transportation, via FRED. Checked October 2, 2026.