• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2022

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)
1,984,180	0.9 %	$ 25.52	$ 53,090	0.3 %

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

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 16.97	$ 20.43	$ 24.00	$ 29.42	$ 36.16
Annual Wage (2)	$ 35,300	$ 42,490	$ 49,920	$ 61,200	$ 75,220

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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	897,370	57.62	$ 26.37	$ 54,850
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only)	99,680	10.18	$ 27.66	$ 57,520
Warehousing and Storage	84,650	4.45	$ 23.90	$ 49,710
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing	77,550	18.84	$ 24.28	$ 50,500
Couriers and Express Delivery Services	68,640	7.17	$ 31.21	$ 64,920

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	897,370	57.62	$ 26.37	$ 54,850
Support Activities for Road Transportation	51,810	46.09	$ 22.11	$ 45,980
Fuel Dealers	17,810	25.13	$ 25.11	$ 52,240
Waste Collection	44,830	22.23	$ 23.77	$ 49,450
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing	77,550	18.84	$ 24.28	$ 50,500

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

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	290	0.08	$ 36.14	$ 75,170
Telecommunications	200	0.03	$ 34.51	$ 71,770
Support Activities for Water Transportation	2,670	2.84	$ 32.90	$ 68,440
Rail Transportation	1,680	0.91	$ 31.97	$ 66,490
Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation	1,630	4.54	$ 31.67	$ 65,880

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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	210,940	16.24	1.21	$ 23.89	$ 49,690
California	186,140	10.55	0.79	$ 26.37	$ 54,850
Florida	99,490	10.80	0.81	$ 23.89	$ 49,690
Ohio	91,240	16.97	1.27	$ 25.42	$ 52,870
Pennsylvania	88,230	15.18	1.13	$ 25.80	$ 53,670

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	31,820	25.85	1.93	$ 22.64	$ 47,090
North Dakota	10,360	25.55	1.90	$ 27.20	$ 56,570
Iowa	38,390	25.25	1.88	$ 25.00	$ 52,010
Nebraska	24,470	25.21	1.88	$ 30.56	$ 63,560
Wyoming	6,020	22.47	1.67	$ 25.74	$ 53,530

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)
Nebraska	24,470	25.21	1.88	$ 30.56	$ 63,560
Washington	37,250	10.94	0.82	$ 28.95	$ 60,210
Alaska	3,130	10.22	0.76	$ 28.61	$ 59,510
New Jersey	49,730	12.10	0.90	$ 28.55	$ 59,380
New York	63,200	6.94	0.52	$ 27.94	$ 58,110

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	69,230	7.54	0.56	$ 29.43	$ 61,210
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	61,560	16.18	1.21	$ 24.73	$ 51,440
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	60,630	13.73	1.02	$ 27.99	$ 58,210
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	53,870	8.83	0.66	$ 26.10	$ 54,290
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	47,480	15.54	1.16	$ 24.72	$ 51,420
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	43,020	15.77	1.18	$ 26.24	$ 54,570
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	37,210	22.79	1.70	$ 26.04	$ 54,160
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	31,900	11.52	0.86	$ 27.40	$ 57,000
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	28,530	12.85	0.96	$ 25.42	$ 52,860
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	24,130	9.20	0.69	$ 24.62	$ 51,210

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)
Joplin, MO	3,690	46.63	3.48	$ 24.51	$ 50,980
Laredo, TX	4,750	46.53	3.47	$ 22.25	$ 46,270
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	3,550	40.99	3.05	$ 29.70	$ 61,780
Odessa, TX	2,930	40.11	2.99	$ 25.96	$ 53,990
Midland, TX	3,970	37.81	2.82	$ 25.69	$ 53,420
Cedar Rapids, IA	5,150	37.01	2.76	$ 25.17	$ 52,350
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO	9,430	36.87	2.75	$ 20.48	$ 42,590
Fort Smith, AR-OK	3,340	31.78	2.37	$ 21.87	$ 45,480
Stockton-Lodi, CA	8,680	31.56	2.35	$ 26.34	$ 54,790
Morristown, TN	1,430	30.84	2.30	$ 26.89	$ 55,920