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Trade, Transportation and Utilities

The Trade, Transportation and Utilities industry engages in wholesaling and retailing merchandise, and transporting passengers and cargo. Wholesalers sell merchandise to other businesses and normally operate from a warehouse or office. Retailers sell merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption, but some also serve business and institutional clients.

Transportation equipment or transportation related facilities are considered a productive asset. The type of equipment depends on the mode of transportation. The modes of transportation are air, rail, water, road, and pipeline.

The Trade, Transportation and Utilities industry subsectors in high-demand in the Houston-Galveston area are:

  • Machinery, Equipment, & Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
  • Automobile Dealers
  • Scheduled Air Transportation
  • Warehousing and Storage
  • General Freight Trucking
  • Specialized Freight Trucking
  • Freight Transportation Arrangement
  • Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers
  • Support Activities for Water Transportation
  • Support Activities for Road Transportation
  • Inland Water Transportation
  • Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakers Water Transportation
  • Other Support Activities for Transportation

 Industry 

 Annual
 Employment

 Absolute Change

 Percent Change

 Average Weekly Wages

 2018

 2028

 Trade, Transportation & Utilities

 162,453

 193,767

 31,314

 19.3%

 

Machinery, Equipment, & Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

33,079

41,804

8,725

26.4%

$1,884

 Automobile Dealers

28,581

 32,431

 3,850

 13.5%

 $1,259

Scheduled Air Transportation

17,935

20,005

2,070

11.5%

$2,218

Warehousing and Storage

17,835

21,178

3,343

18.7%

$940

General Freight Trucking

14,981

 17,029

2,048

13.7%

$1,111

Specialized Freight Trucking

12,076

14,065

1,989

16.5%

$2,326

Freight Transportation Arrangement

10,277

13,243

 2,966

28.9%

$1,603

Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers

10,230

13,260

 3,030

29.6%

$1,676

Support Activities for Water Transportation

9,510

11,225

1,715

18.0%

$1,082

Support Activities for Road Transportation

 2,467

2,998

 531

21.5%

$1,182

Inland Water Transportation

2,240

2,655

415

18.5%

$2,180

Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakers Water Transportation

1,666

 2,045

379

22.7%

$2,255

Other Support Activities for Transportation

1,576

1,829

253

16.1%

$3,860

 

*Includes the following counties: Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend,
Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Walker, Waller, and Wharton.

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