The 2026-27 Women In Trucking (WIT) Index survey found a substantial number of women in influential leadership roles.
For instance, approximately 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.
Meanwhile, a significant percentage of women also hold roles in these functions: 76.5% in human resources/talent management, 45.5% in dispatcher roles, and 44% in safety. Truck diesel technicians are less likely to have women in those roles, with only 2.5% reported.
Approximately 53% of respondents report between 20-49% of company leaders are women. Another 21% say between 50-89% of company leaders are female. Approximately 19% say only 1-19% of company leaders are women.
To compare inclusion of women on boards of directors across all industries, women continue to gain representation on S&P 500 boards. Female directors now account for 35% of all board seats, compared with 34% in 2024, 28% in 2020, and 20% in 2015.
Over the past five years, women’s representation increased by 25%, reflecting continued progress toward gender diversity in corporate governance.
Key takeaways:
· Women account for approximately 71% of HR professionals in the United States, while men represent about 29%.
· This also is true in the trucking industry, with an average of 76.5% of professionals in HR/talent management roles are women. In fact, nearly 52% report between 50% and 89% are women, and another 38.5% say more than 90% are females.
· Participating organizations report an average of only 2.5% of their overall technicians are female. Approximately 50% of respondents say they have no women in technician roles. Approximately 38% report less than 5% of overall technicians are women.
· An average of 9.5% of women are professional drivers who hold CDLs.
· 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 500-4,999 employees report that approximately 10.5% of their overall professional driver workforce who hold CDLs are women. Giant/major enterprises with more than 5,000 employees report that approximately 7% of their truck driver population who hold CDLs are women.
· Approximately 45.5% of truck dispatchers are women, a 7% increase from the previous WIT Index. Approximately 33% of respondents report that between 20-49% of their total dispatchers are female. Another 32% say that between 50-89% of their dispatchers are women.
· An average of 44% of professionals in safety roles are women, a 5.5% increase from the previous WIT Index. Approximately 34.5% of respondents report that between 20-49% of their total safety professionals are female and another 32% say between 50-89% of their overall safety professionals are female.
