While women are occupying more leadership roles within the U.S. trucking industry, the number of women driving trucks remains relatively unchanged, according to a new survey.
The Women In Trucking Association today released findings of its 2026-27 WIT Index, which measures the percentage of women who fill various roles in the trucking industry.
The 2026-27 WIT Index survey found what WIT calls "a substantial number" of women in influential leadership roles. About 31% in C-suite/executive positions are women, 37.5% in supervisory leadership roles are women, and 29% of those who serve on boards of directors are women.
A significant percentage of women also hold roles in these functions:
- 76.5% in human resources/talent management
- 45.5% in dispatcher roles
- 44% in safety.
Only 2.5% of diesel mechanics are women.
WIT said the number of women who are truck drivers remained "relatively flat in comparison to the previous version of the WIT Index."
WIT said the index reports the percentage of truck drivers who are women based on company workforce size.
The index ahiws micro/small companies with less than 500 employees report that 10% of their overall professional driver population who hold CDLs are women.
Large/medium enterprises with 500 to 4,999 employees report that about 10.5% of their driver workforce who hold CDLs are women.
Giant/major enterprises with more than 5,000 employees report that about 7% of their truck driver population who hold CDLs are women.
WIT said these percentages reflect professional truck drivers who hold CDLs and are driving medium- to heavy-duty commercial trucks, not last mile or delivery vans or other similar vehicles.
To develop the index, WIT conducted an online survey of organizations of all sizes to gather percentages of women in their workforce from November 2025 through April 2026. The respondents were asked to report data that included demographics, status of their organization’s diversity and inclusion policies, and percentages of females in various roles of their companies.
WIT said 210 respondents reported their organizations’ gender diversity statistics in the WIT Index survey. Among those responding, 51% were for-hire motor carriers or companies with private fleets. Of those respondents representing organizations with fleet assets, 35% are for-hire motor carriers of various types and 16% are companies with private fleets.
To download a free copy of the WIT Index, visit https://www.womenintrucking.org/index.
