• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2021

53-3032 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Drive a tractor-trailer combination or a truck with a capacity of at least 26,001 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW). May be required to unload truck. Requires commercial drivers’ license. Includes tow truck drivers. Excludes “Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors” (53-7081).

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National estimates for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
Industry profile for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
Geographic profile for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

National estimates for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
1,903,420	0.5 %	$ 24.20	$ 50,340	0.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 14.77	$ 18.54	$ 23.23	$ 28.82	$ 34.97
Annual Wage (2)	$ 30,710	$ 38,570	$ 48,310	$ 59,950	$ 72,730

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Industry profile for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Truck Transportation	862,700	57.81	$ 25.11	$ 52,240
Warehousing and Storage	91,630	5.53	$ 22.48	$ 46,760
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only)	84,040	9.06	$ 26.03	$ 54,150
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing	69,940	17.53	$ 22.98	$ 47,790
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only)	59,150	4.32	$ 22.52	$ 46,840

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Truck Transportation	862,700	57.81	$ 25.11	$ 52,240
Support Activities for Road Transportation	50,230	47.42	$ 20.80	$ 43,260
Waste Collection	44,270	23.05	$ 22.96	$ 47,770
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing	69,940	17.53	$ 22.98	$ 47,790
Logging	8,070	17.14	$ 22.30	$ 46,380

Top paying industries for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation	280	0.86	$ 31.97	$ 66,490
Support Activities for Water Transportation	3,890	4.33	$ 31.72	$ 65,980
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	330	0.09	$ 30.38	$ 63,190
Couriers and Express Delivery Services	58,120	6.27	$ 30.15	$ 62,720
Spectator Sports	260	0.22	$ 30.01	$ 62,420

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Geographic profile for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Texas	202,270	16.54	1.22	$ 23.15	$ 48,150
California	179,450	10.86	0.80	$ 25.06	$ 52,130
Florida	88,980	10.34	0.77	$ 21.62	$ 44,980
Pennsylvania	87,390	15.65	1.16	$ 23.69	$ 49,270
Ohio	86,200	16.57	1.23	$ 23.51	$ 48,900

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Arkansas	32,560	27.34	2.02	$ 23.60	$ 49,090
Nebraska	25,740	26.86	1.99	$ 25.59	$ 53,230
Iowa	37,170	25.03	1.85	$ 24.16	$ 50,260
North Dakota	9,730	24.62	1.82	$ 26.41	$ 54,920
Wyoming	5,840	22.40	1.66	$ 25.72	$ 53,500

Top paying states for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Washington	34,510	10.77	0.80	$ 27.49	$ 57,190
District of Columbia	620	0.93	0.07	$ 27.18	$ 56,530
Alaska	3,020	10.22	0.76	$ 27.13	$ 56,440
New Jersey	44,800	11.64	0.86	$ 27.09	$ 56,340
New York	62,040	7.16	0.53	$ 26.63	$ 55,390

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	63,590	7.33	0.54	$ 28.17	$ 58,580
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	60,790	16.94	1.25	$ 24.39	$ 50,720
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	54,600	12.90	0.95	$ 27.33	$ 56,840
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	49,540	8.66	0.64	$ 24.61	$ 51,190
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	45,870	15.83	1.17	$ 23.73	$ 49,360
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	38,240	24.99	1.85	$ 24.78	$ 51,540
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	35,370	13.67	1.01	$ 25.00	$ 51,990
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	29,040	10.94	0.81	$ 25.63	$ 53,310
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	28,490	13.46	1.00	$ 24.44	$ 50,830
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	25,070	13.92	1.03	$ 24.51	$ 50,990

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Laredo, TX	4,970	51.17	3.79	$ 20.94	$ 43,560
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO	10,770	44.06	3.26	$ 26.59	$ 55,300
Joplin, MO	3,010	39.17	2.90	$ 25.29	$ 52,600
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	3,220	38.45	2.85	$ 24.89	$ 51,770
Stockton-Lodi, CA	9,620	37.55	2.78	$ 25.42	$ 52,880
Midland, TX	3,480	36.59	2.71	$ 24.58	$ 51,120
Fort Smith, AR-OK	3,640	35.39	2.62	$ 23.33	$ 48,520
Odessa, TX	2,200	32.96	2.44	$ 25.49	$ 53,010
Lincoln, NE	5,580	32.80	2.43	$ 26.53	$ 55,180
Cedar Rapids, IA	4,370	32.07	2.37	$ 27.67	$ 57,550