FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc. (FDXF)

Less-than-truckload carrier, 40,000 employees. Read October 2, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending May 31, 2026, filed August 5, 2026. Ranked 9 of the 47 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states one total and nothing by kind of work or country, so the whole workforce takes the truck transportation pattern by description (c).

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 18% now, 22% at the end of 2027, 23% at the end of 2028, 23% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 23% desk work, 9% people work and 68% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 77% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 17% becomes checking a model's work and 6% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

40,000 employees as of June 1, 2026 (stated). A North American carrier; the filing states no count by country.

The filing: “As of June 1, 2026, we had approximately 40,000 employees, and our exceptional network shapes our identity, reputation, and the type of business we strive to be.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: About 40,000 employees as of June 1, 2026; over 1,500 employees transferred from FedEx around the spin-off.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Truck Transportation, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (KNX, 37,100 employees)18% now, 23% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

16 sentences in the filing name AI. Sixteen sentences: data analytics and AI used to improve decision-making, such as demand forecasting for resource allocation and capacity planning, and AI among the laws it is subject to.

• “These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those contemplated (expressed or implied) by such forward-looking statements, because of, among other things, economic conditions in the markets in which FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc., together with its subsidiaries ("we," "us," "our," "FedEx Freight," or the "Company"), operate...”
• “We also utilize data analytics and AI to improve decision-making: Demand Forecasting: Predicting future demand to optimize resource allocation and capacity planning.”
• “Other Regulations As a transportation and logistics provider, we are subject to a variety of other U.S. and foreign laws and regulations relating to matters including, but not limited to, data protection and AI, bribery and corruption, and trade compliance.”
• “Risk Factor Summary Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to: Risks Relating to Our Business and Industry macroeconomic conditions, including inflation, interest rates, supply chain disruptions, geopolitical conflicts, and changes in trade policies (including tariffs); customer demand for goods, and shifts in production, inventory, and distribut...”
• “With the increase in the use of AI and social media outlets, adverse publicity, whether warranted or not, can be disseminated quickly and broadly without context, making it increasingly difficult for us to effectively respond.”

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• No count by kind of work or country: one trucking pattern by description (c).
• The first annual report after the spin-off from FedEx; the headcount history begins with it.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001628280-26-053359, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.