Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020

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).

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)
1,797,710	0.7 %	$ 23.42	$ 48,710	0.2 %

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

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 14.74	$ 18.20	$ 22.66	$ 27.89	$ 33.41
Annual Wage (2)	$ 30,660	$ 37,850	$ 47,130	$ 58,010	$ 69,480

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	848,030	57.65	$ 23.76	$ 49,420
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only)	83,120	8.77	$ 24.72	$ 51,420
Warehousing and Storage	70,190	4.95	$ 24.20	$ 50,330
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing	64,010	15.96	$ 22.27	$ 46,310
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only)	53,970	3.93	$ 21.99	$ 45,740

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	848,030	57.65	$ 23.76	$ 49,420
Support Activities for Road Transportation	45,670	44.83	$ 20.61	$ 42,860
Waste Collection	47,810	25.52	$ 22.65	$ 47,120
Logging	7,770	16.26	$ 21.08	$ 43,850
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing	64,010	15.96	$ 22.27	$ 46,310

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

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Motion Picture and Video Industries	2,080	0.63	$ 31.57	$ 65,670
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	360	0.09	$ 31.56	$ 65,640
Other Pipeline Transportation	260	3.18	$ 31.12	$ 64,730
Spectator Sports	220	0.20	$ 30.40	$ 63,240
Couriers and Express Delivery Services	44,220	5.75	$ 29.71	$ 61,800

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	195,850	16.18	1.25	$ 22.80	$ 47,430
California	143,150	8.71	0.67	$ 24.71	$ 51,400
Florida	86,790	10.28	0.80	$ 20.74	$ 43,140
Pennsylvania	81,010	14.70	1.14	$ 23.97	$ 49,850
Ohio	73,160	14.24	1.10	$ 23.01	$ 47,870

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	35,940	30.51	2.36	$ 22.42	$ 46,630
Nebraska	27,160	28.81	2.23	$ 22.62	$ 47,050
Wyoming	7,210	27.55	2.13	$ 26.44	$ 54,990
Iowa	37,600	25.58	1.98	$ 21.79	$ 45,320
North Dakota	10,030	25.08	1.94	$ 26.23	$ 54,550

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)
Alaska	2,420	8.18	0.63	$ 28.70	$ 59,700
District of Columbia	730	1.06	0.08	$ 26.61	$ 55,360
New York	58,280	6.71	0.52	$ 26.58	$ 55,280
Wyoming	7,210	27.55	2.13	$ 26.44	$ 54,990
North Dakota	10,030	25.08	1.94	$ 26.23	$ 54,550

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	64,360	7.29	0.56	$ 27.38	$ 56,960
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	58,650	16.34	1.26	$ 24.27	$ 50,480
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	53,560	12.28	0.95	$ 26.10	$ 54,280
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	44,490	14.99	1.16	$ 23.21	$ 48,280
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	42,720	7.34	0.57	$ 24.13	$ 50,180
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	38,410	14.59	1.13	$ 24.03	$ 49,980
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	28,370	10.52	0.81	$ 25.10	$ 52,210
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	26,210	17.59	1.36	$ 25.57	$ 53,190
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	24,970	14.03	1.09	$ 22.42	$ 46,640
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	20,830	9.88	0.76	$ 23.93	$ 49,780

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)
Midland, TX	4,980	50.11	3.88	$ 24.50	$ 50,960
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO	11,820	47.80	3.70	$ 24.40	$ 50,740
Joplin, MO	3,520	46.15	3.57	$ 21.06	$ 43,810
Odessa, TX	3,400	46.15	3.57	$ 24.28	$ 50,500
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	3,610	46.08	3.57	$ 19.90	$ 41,400
Fort Smith, AR-OK	4,250	41.19	3.19	$ 23.26	$ 48,380
Cedar Rapids, IA	5,150	37.57	2.91	$ 18.16	$ 37,760
Laredo, TX	3,560	35.85	2.77	$ 20.93	$ 43,540
Greeley, CO	3,730	35.72	2.76	$ 25.81	$ 53,680
Lincoln, NE	6,150	35.32	2.73	$ 26.01	$ 54,100