Saia, Inc. (SAIA)

LTL carrier, drivers and dock workers counted. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 24, 2026. Ranked 78 of the 175 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states nearly 14,500 union-free employees by role, half of them commercial drivers and a quarter dock workers, in one less-than-truckload business.

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: 19% 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

14,500 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Not stated as a count; a less-than-truckload carrier with terminals across the United States and no operations abroad described.

The filing: “Our nearly 14,500 union-free employees are comprised of about 51% licensed commercial drivers, about 24% dock workers (approximately 22% of whom are part-time) and the remaining 25% work in sales, technology and administration to support our business.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Nearly 14,500 union-free employees; about 51% drivers, 24% dock workers (22% of them part-time, about 5% of the total), 25% sales, technology and administration; more than 300 drivers serve as driver trainers; a 3.0% wage increase in October 2025.

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.

• FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc. (FDXF, 40,000 employees)19% now, 23% by 2028
• Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (KNX, 37,100 employees)19% now, 23% by 2028
• XPO Logistics, Inc. (XPO, 37,000 employees)19% now, 23% by 2028
• J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT, 31,750 employees)19% now, 23% by 2028
• Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (ODFL, 20,591 employees)19% now, 23% by 2028
• Schneider National, Inc. (SNDR, 19,000 employees)20% now, 27% by 2028
• ArcBest Corp (ARCB, 14,000 employees)19% now, 23% by 2028
• Werner Enterprises, Inc. (WERN, 12,031 employees)19% now, 23% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

15 sentences in the filing name AI. Fifteen sentences, risk factors: AI and machine learning may make cyber threats harder to anticipate and attacks faster and more automated, and AI is named among technologies competitors may adopt.

• “These factors include: Competition with many other transportation service providers of varying types including LTL carriers, truckload and parcel carriers, non-asset based logistics, freight brokerage companies, air-freight carriers and railroads, some of whom have more equipment, a broader coverage network, a wider range of services and greater capital resources than we do or have other compet...”
• “Further, the evolution and increased adoption of technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning may make anticipating threats and implementing protective measures more difficult.”
• “Further, as artificial intelligence technology continues to evolve, cybersecurity attacks leveraging artificial intelligence may become more sophisticated, potentially increasing in speed, scale and automation.”
• “A failure to successfully pursue technological advances, including artificial intelligence applications could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and cash flows. 17 We use artificial intelligence in our business, and its use could result in increased costs, reputational harm, competitive harm, cybersecurity risks and legal liability, which...”
• “We incorporate certain artificial intelligence solutions into our business operations, and these applications may become more important in our operations over time.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20211median 0
• Fiscal 20221median 0
• Fiscal 202311median 1
• Fiscal 202413median 4
• Fiscal 202515median 10

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

• The collector's sentence was weak (no plain headcount sentence found); the human capital section states nearly 14,500 employees by role.
• The sales, technology and administration share (25%) is a function split, not a stated corporate count, so it stays inside the carrier pattern (rule 6).
• The U.S. share is not stated as a count.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-067030, 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.