Salaries / Truck Driver (Heavy and Tractor-Trailer)
Transportation & Warehouse · SOC 53-3032
Truck Driver (Heavy and Tractor-Trailer) salary
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers transport goods over long distances. A commercial driver's license (CDL) is required.
Median annual
$54,000
Median hourly
$26.00
Typical range
$37,000 to $76,000
Source: National estimate (to be replaced by live BLS data). Figures are gross pay and vary by location, employer, and experience.
The pay range, visually.
Low end (about the 10th percentile), median, and high end (about the 90th percentile).
By state
State figures are estimates derived from the national median and a state wage index, shown to give a rough sense of local differences.
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Ideas we have for people in transportation & warehouse.
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Start a Trucking or Freight Business
Haul freight with your own authority or broker loads between shippers and carriers, earning per mile or per load.
Start a One-Truck Trucking Business (Owner-Operator)
Drive your own truck under your own numbers or leased to a carrier, and run it like the small freight company it is: cost per mile first, chrome later.
Start a Moving Company
Move households and offices locally, charging hourly crew rates or flat job prices, starting with labor-only moves before buying a truck.
Start a Fleet and Commercial Vehicle Washing Service
Win recurring B2B contracts washing vehicle fleets on site: dealership lots, rental and car-share fleets, delivery vans, and trucking, billed on a standing schedule instead of one car at a time.
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