The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released the change in the costs faced by producers purchasing transportation services and industries producing them, from June 2025 to June 2026. Transportation equipment PPI indicate the changes in transportation equipment prices faced by transportation providers. Any increase raises providers costs, which ultimately are passed on to everyday Americans. The PPI shows that prices increased for freight transportation and equipment by 2.3% in June 2026 compared to June 2025.

“From June 2025 to June 2026, the transportation services PPI changed by mode, as compared to all transportation and non-transportation services.” BTS said. “Transportation contributed 16.0% to the overall increase in costs faced by producers for transportation and non-transportation services,” BTS said.

Transportation Services PPI
• Air: +9.1%
• Rail: +0.7%
• Truck: +16.0%
• Water: +9.9%
• Arrangement of freight and cargo: +0.6%
• All services (transportation and non-transportation): +5.0