The Women In Trucking Association has released its 2026-27 WIT Index, providing a new look at the percentage of women working across major roles in the trucking and transportation industry. The findings show women maintaining a significant presence in leadership, human resources, dispatch, and safety positions, while representation remains considerably lower among professional truck drivers and diesel technicians.
The online survey collected information from November 2025 through April 2026, with approximately 210 transportation organizations providing workforce demographic data. The participating companies represented organizations of different sizes and business models throughout the transportation sector.
Among respondents, 51% were either for-hire motor carriers or companies operating private fleets. For-hire carriers accounted for 35% of respondents, while another 16% represented manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and other organizations operating private fleets.
Women continue to hold a substantial share of trucking industry leadership positions. According to the index, women represented approximately 31% of C-suite and executive positions and 37.5% of supervisory leadership roles. Women also accounted for approximately 29% of board of directors positions among participating organizations.
Representation was even higher in several operational and administrative areas. Women accounted for 76.5% of human resources and talent management positions, the highest percentage highlighted in the survey. They also represented 45.5% of dispatcher positions and 44% of safety roles.
However, the numbers were significantly lower in maintenance and professional driving. Women represented only 2.5% of truck diesel technicians, making that the role with the lowest female representation reported in the index.
The percentage of women working as professional CDL drivers varied depending on company size. Micro and small companies with fewer than 500 employees reported that women represented approximately 10% of their professional driver workforce. At medium and large companies with 500 to 4,999 employees, the figure was slightly higher at 10.5%.
The industry’s largest employers reported a smaller percentage. At major and giant enterprises with more than 5,000 employees, women represented approximately 7% of professional CDL drivers.
Women In Trucking noted that these percentages remained relatively flat compared with results from the previous WIT Index. The professional driver figures specifically measure drivers operating medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks. They do not include workers operating last-mile delivery vans or other vehicles outside the heavy-duty trucking category.
The results provide carriers and private fleets with a benchmark for comparing their workforce composition with broader industry figures. They also highlight areas where companies may have opportunities to expand recruiting and career-development efforts, particularly for professional drivers and diesel technicians.
By tracking representation across executive leadership, boards, supervision, dispatch, safety, maintenance, human resources, and professional driving, the WIT Index provides a broader picture of where women currently participate in the trucking workforce and where representation remains limited.
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