While the economy continues to sputter along at an unimpressive rate, at least one sector has been growing well ahead of national trends: The number of new warehousing jobs has increased by 106,000 over the past five years. All told, warehouses of all types account for 741,000 jobs in the United States.
Headlight Data recently crunched the numbers and identified the U.S. counties that added the most jobs between 2013 and 2014. While two West Coast counties top the list, other warehousing hotspots include eastern Pennsylvania/western New Jersey/Delaware Valley, the Southeast and the Midwest. Headlight Data based its findings on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data (an annual average for NAICS 493: warehousing and storage).
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During his career Dave Blanchard has led the editorial management of many of Endeavor Business Media's best-known brands, including IndustryWeek, EHS Today, Material Handling & Logistics, Logistics Today, Supply Chain Technology News, and Business Finance. He also serves as senior content director of the annual Safety Leadership Conference. With over 30 years of B2B media experience, Dave literally wrote the book on supply chain management, Supply Chain Management Best Practices (John Wiley & Sons, 2021), which has been translated into several languages and is currently in its third edition. He is a frequent speaker and moderator at major trade shows and conferences, and has won numerous awards for writing and editing. He is a voting member of the jury of the Logistics Hall of Fame, and is a graduate of Northern Illinois University.
