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Truck Drivers

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 1,860,000 for truck drivers in the US. For this occupation the level of unemployment is relatively high.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Of those surveyed, 7% of employees work part-time. Approximately 9% of truck drivers work for themselves.

Training and Education

Prior to starting this profession, consider obtaining moderate-term on-the-job training. Government data shows that 4% of employees have a bachelor's degree or higher. Those who have gone to college, but don't have a degree make up 25% of truck drivers. For 71% of workers a high-school education was all they required. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

The cities with the most employees jobs, compared to the population, are Joplin (Missouri), Fayetteville (Arkansas), and Laredo (Texas). Fewer are found in Bethesda (Maryland), Boulder (Colorado), and Santa Fe (New Mexico).

Truck drivers earn higher incomes in Fairbanks (Alaska), Trenton (New Jersey), and Nassau (New York), and lower incomes in Wheeling (West Virginia), Hot Springs (Arkansas), and Warner Robins (Georgia).

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Truck Drivers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Truck Drivers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Truck Drivers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Truck Drivers are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston680$37,6501.4
AlabamaAuburn690$27,5501.5
AlabamaBirmingham8,590$40,5901.4
AlabamaDecatur1,560$35,350 2.8
AlabamaDothan1,520$41,350 2.4
AlabamaFlorence600$31,8501.1
AlabamaGadsden730$36,790 2.2
AlabamaHuntsville1,530$38,1700.6
AlabamaMobile3,060$37,3701.5
AlabamaMontgomery2,040$40,7401.1
AlabamaTuscaloosa1,300$33,4801.3
AlaskaAnchorage1,540$46,1300.8
AlaskaFairbanks460$50,0201.4
ArizonaFlagstaff370$37,8200.6
ArizonaKingman600$33,3601.1
ArizonaPhoenix17,450$40,1200.8
ArizonaPrescott570$34,5900.9
ArizonaTucson2,390$38,5600.6
ArkansasFayetteville11,380$43,370 5.1
ArkansasFort Smith5,090$39,410 3.9
ArkansasHot Springs220$25,0000.6
ArkansasJonesboro870$29,4201.7
ArkansasLittle Rock7,300$34,5101.9
ArkansasPine Bluff400$28,3301.2
CaliforniaBakersfield5,080$39,0101.7
CaliforniaChico610$35,9300.8
CaliforniaEl Centro790$33,0701.5
CaliforniaFresno3,690$40,8801
CaliforniaHanford560$35,7202
CaliforniaMadera430$37,8701.2
CaliforniaMerced1,010$45,0701.7
CaliforniaModesto3,240$40,1801.8
CaliforniaNapa310$40,4200.5
CaliforniaOakland8,710$42,5200.7
CaliforniaOxnard1,840$42,1300.5
CaliforniaRedding1,660$38,560 2.4
CaliforniaRiverside23,750$43,7701.6
CaliforniaSacramento7,760$42,6100.7
CaliforniaSalinas1,460$36,9000.8
CaliforniaSan Diego8,170$42,2600.5
CaliforniaSan Francisco4,000$45,0800.3
CaliforniaSan Jose4,580$41,2700.4
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo710$37,8200.7
CaliforniaSanta Ana8,190$40,6000.5
CaliforniaSanta Barbara960$37,2100.5
CaliforniaSanta Cruz710$43,3200.8
CaliforniaSanta Rosa1,880$39,6300.9
CaliforniaStockton5,670$43,220 2.3
CaliforniaVallejo1,370$39,4701
CaliforniaVisalia2,090$35,3701.4
CaliforniaYuba City400$41,1101
ColoradoBoulder500$34,9000.3
ColoradoColorado Springs1,310$34,2100.5
ColoradoDenver12,160$41,5400.8
ColoradoFort Collins930$35,3300.7
ColoradoGrand Junction1,360$42,140 2.3
ColoradoGreeley1,900$43,290 2.4
ColoradoPueblo510$33,2900.9
ConnecticutBridgeport2,090$44,1700.4
ConnecticutDanbury710$40,9400.9
ConnecticutHartford3,970$44,9300.6
ConnecticutNew Haven2,950$45,5300.9
ConnecticutNorwich940$39,4300.7
ConnecticutWaterbury430$40,3600.6
DelawareDover620$33,6001.1
DelawareWilmington3,520$42,5200.9
District of ColumbiaWashington12,080$39,9100.4
FloridaCape Coral1,720$34,3100.7
FloridaDeltona1,260$37,7400.7
FloridaFort Lauderdale6,000$35,8200.7
FloridaFort Walton Beach310$27,6700.4
FloridaGainesville900$29,5900.7
FloridaJacksonville8,980$36,7901.3
FloridaLakeland5,630$39,080 2.6
FloridaMiami9,550$35,4900.8
FloridaNaples840$33,5600.6
FloridaOcala2,000$31,0702
FloridaOrlando10,480$36,0700.8
FloridaPalm Bay1,360$32,0000.6
FloridaPalm Coast170$27,3101.4
FloridaPanama City720$28,8701
FloridaPensacola1,630$31,5301
FloridaPort St Lucie920$34,9700.7
FloridaPunta Gorda320$37,9900.8
FloridaSarasota1,960$35,7000.7
FloridaSebastian260$35,8000.5
FloridaTallahassee1,120$30,3300.6
FloridaTampa11,010$35,3100.8
FloridaWest Palm Beach3,070$35,4000.5
GeorgiaAlbany1,220$33,0401.9
GeorgiaAthens790$35,7901
GeorgiaAtlanta30,940$41,9001.1
GeorgiaAugusta1,990$33,8200.9
GeorgiaBrunswick560$39,1001.3
GeorgiaColumbus1,010$31,3900.8
GeorgiaDalton1,580$36,0101.9
GeorgiaGainesville1,160$37,6301.6
GeorgiaHinesville140$30,0801.2
GeorgiaMacon1,030$30,8901
GeorgiaRome430$31,4601.2
GeorgiaSavannah1,960$39,0101.2
GeorgiaValdosta910$39,0801.6
GeorgiaWarner Robins250$29,6700.5
HawaiiHonolulu2,460$40,3200.5
IdahoBoise4,350$31,3701.4
IdahoCoeur Dalene700$34,4801.2
IdahoIdaho Falls1,420$30,780 2.9
IdahoLewiston380$39,8901.8
IdahoPocatello460$31,6901.6
IllinoisBloomington1,270$40,0001.7
IllinoisChampaign1,100$33,1901.1
IllinoisChicago38,880$45,2500.9
IllinoisDanville620$46,140 2.5
IllinoisDecatur690$41,1901.4
IllinoisKankakee720$38,3101.9
IllinoisPeoria3,360$34,8101.8
IllinoisRockford1,880$41,8401.1
IllinoisSpringfield770$40,7300.7
IndianaAnderson1,040$36,140 2.6
IndianaBloomington880$34,3601.2
IndianaColumbus1,150$37,890 2.7
IndianaElkhart1,990$36,5101.4
IndianaEvansville3,050$35,6801.6
IndianaFort Wayne4,450$39,9301.8
IndianaGary6,930$41,830 2.2
IndianaIndianapolis17,240$37,4201.6
IndianaKokomo520$39,1001.5
IndianaLafayette1,350$36,6501.7
IndianaMichigan City690$39,7601.6
IndianaMuncie370$35,4600.8
IndianaSouth Bend2,110$36,9701.4
IndianaTerre Haute1,070$35,9701.5
IowaAmes280$32,0500.7
IowaCedar Rapids5,030$41,330 3.4
IowaDavenport2,690$39,4001.3
IowaDes Moines5,930$41,3601.6
IowaDubuque930$36,2701.8
IowaSioux City1,500$37,7302
IowaWaterloo1,380$32,7601.5
KansasLawrence240$33,6600.5
KansasTopeka1,100$29,9800.9
KansasWichita3,180$37,7200.9
KentuckyBowling Green750$31,4301.3
KentuckyElizabethtown700$35,1701.6
KentuckyLexington3,650$39,6001.3
KentuckyLouisville10,730$37,6601.5
KentuckyOwensboro590$32,9901.2
LouisianaAlexandria940$30,9801.5
LouisianaBaton Rouge4,130$36,0001
LouisianaHouma1,400$29,9101.4
LouisianaLafayette2,080$33,7401.3
LouisianaLake Charles1,290$37,3601.4
LouisianaMonroe720$33,1400.9
LouisianaNew Orleans5,340$36,1400.9
LouisianaShreveport2,530$37,7901.3
MaineBangor1,730$37,730 2.6
MaineLewiston1,010$35,520 2
MainePortland2,570$36,1901.1
MarylandBaltimore12,700$39,9800.8
MarylandBethesda2,180$39,2000.3
MarylandCumberland330$32,9600.9
MarylandHagerstown1,850$40,8101.7
MarylandSalisbury650$43,7501.2
MassachusettsBarnstable Town1,050$39,3801
MassachusettsBoston8,720$43,3200.4
MassachusettsBrockton1,340$41,2401.4
MassachusettsFramingham920$41,9600.5
MassachusettsHaverhill670$39,9800.8
MassachusettsLawrence300$40,9500.5
MassachusettsLeominster500$38,7101
MassachusettsLowell1,430$46,6701.1
MassachusettsNew Bedford760$41,6101.1
MassachusettsPittsfield320$40,5401
MassachusettsSpringfield4,290$41,8701.2
MassachusettsTaunton1,120$46,640 2.4
MassachusettsWorcester2,660$46,0700.9
MichiganAnn Arbor1,350$37,3400.7
MichiganBattle Creek300$36,3800.6
MichiganBay City550$38,2001.6
MichiganDetroit11,590$42,2701.4
MichiganFlint880$35,2400.6
MichiganGrand Rapids4,690$39,9901.1
MichiganHolland1,900$37,9401.7
MichiganJackson690$35,6401.3
MichiganKalamazoo1,990$34,9101.3
MichiganLansing2,000$37,6400.9
MichiganMonroe950$40,800 2.4
MichiganMuskegon560$32,2000.9
MichiganNiles690$30,8701.1
MichiganSaginaw920$40,3301.1
MichiganWarren10,770$41,4000.8
MinnesotaDuluth1,710$39,1001.2
MinnesotaMinneapolis16,700$42,2400.8
MinnesotaRochester1,190$35,9901.2
MinnesotaSt Cloud1,770$38,6401.6
MississippiGulfport1,200$40,5601
MississippiHattiesburg720$33,6201.2
MississippiJackson4,970$38,5601.7
MississippiPascagoula300$29,4900.6
MissouriColumbia860$34,6101
MissouriJefferson City770$32,9001.1
MissouriJoplin4,480$34,040 5.2
MissouriKansas City14,850$41,2201.2
MissouriSpringfield5,090$38,170 2.3
MissouriSt Joseph770$34,1201.5
MissouriSt Louis16,250$42,1201
MontanaBillings1,360$40,1801.6
MontanaGreat Falls420$35,4501.2
MontanaMissoula690$38,4201.3
NebraskaLincoln6,260  3.4
NebraskaOmaha15,640$41,470 2.9
NevadaCarson City100$36,9000.4
NevadaLas Vegas5,860$43,0900.5
NevadaReno3,660$44,2601.5
New HampshireManchester1,100$37,9001
New HampshireNashua1,720$39,9201.1
New HampshirePortsmouth310$39,8300.5
New HampshireRochester440$37,4600.7
New JerseyAtlantic City590$40,1100.4
New JerseyCamden7,270$44,8201.2
New JerseyEdison11,320$41,1700.9
New JerseyNewark11,660$42,8901
New JerseyOcean City250$39,4400.6
New JerseyTrenton940$46,8400.4
New JerseyVineland1,310$45,750 2.2
New MexicoAlbuquerque3,930$39,3800.9
New MexicoFarmington1,230$36,100 2.3
New MexicoLas Cruces320$27,1100.5
New MexicoSanta Fe180$32,7400.3
New YorkAlbany4,190$44,2200.8
New YorkBinghamton1,400$32,8201.2
New YorkBuffalo5,190$39,3100.8
New YorkElmira340$38,4901
New YorkGlens Falls340$34,9900.6
New YorkIthaca190$32,9200.4
New YorkKingston490$37,1100.8
New YorkNassau9,300$48,5600.6
New YorkNew York26,300$45,7600.4
New YorkPoughkeepsie2,690$45,4001
New YorkRochester3,230$34,4200.6
New YorkSyracuse4,580$39,2801.3
New YorkUtica1,550$32,5701.1
North CarolinaAsheville1,910$37,1000.9
North CarolinaBurlington790$35,6101.3
North CarolinaCharlotte11,700$41,4001.1
North CarolinaDurham1,080$38,6200.3
North CarolinaFayetteville1,510$37,8201.1
North CarolinaGoldsboro430$30,0501.1
North CarolinaGreensboro6,560$38,0401.5
North CarolinaGreenville530$32,2800.7
North CarolinaHickory3,930$44,050 2.1
North CarolinaJacksonville260$31,2600.6
North CarolinaRaleigh3,800$37,8600.6
North CarolinaRocky Mount980$37,0901.6
North CarolinaWilmington1,290$37,7700.8
North CarolinaWinston Salem3,030$39,4101.2
North DakotaBismarck970$33,3701.7
North DakotaFargo2,110$38,8601.7
North DakotaGrand Forks970$33,1502
OhioAkron4,710$39,0801.2
OhioCanton2,090$39,6301.1
OhioCincinnati11,780$37,6601
OhioCleveland11,500$39,7700.9
OhioColumbus12,140$38,5901.1
OhioDayton4,990$39,1501.1
OhioLima1,050$35,9102
OhioMansfield570$42,3801.1
OhioSandusky640$36,7401.8
OhioSpringfield1,020$31,630 2.1
OhioToledo5,400$40,2201.5
OhioYoungstown4,580$39,4401.7
OklahomaLawton390$28,1301.1
OklahomaOklahoma City7,510$36,1401.1
OklahomaTulsa6,080$38,7501.2
OregonBend480$37,4500.7
OregonCorvallis230$35,8700.8
OregonEugene1,880$34,8201.1
OregonMedford1,590$35,4501.8
OregonPortland13,570$40,1601.1
OregonSalem1,980$36,1201.2
PennsylvaniaAllentown4,690$41,0801.2
PennsylvaniaAltoona1,320$35,560 2.1
PennsylvaniaErie1,270$35,4800.9
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg6,070$45,0601.7
PennsylvaniaJohnstown840$40,0701.4
PennsylvaniaLancaster4,360$41,2501.6
PennsylvaniaLebanon680$37,8201.5
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia14,310$42,1700.6
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh11,540$38,8100.9
PennsylvaniaReading2,640$39,4101.4
PennsylvaniaScranton4,340$35,3301.5
PennsylvaniaState College640$40,8301.1
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport540$36,3001
PennsylvaniaYork3,670$40,1701.8
Rhode IslandProvidence4,520$39,8400.7
South CarolinaAnderson590$32,6100.9
South CarolinaCharleston3,200$35,7801
South CarolinaColumbia3,060$37,4100.8
South CarolinaFlorence1,320$37,4901.5
South CarolinaGreenville4,620$40,6601.3
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach830$30,8700.6
South CarolinaSpartanburg2,750$35,030 2
South CarolinaSumter450$34,6501.3
South DakotaRapid City1,130$35,4501.7
South DakotaSioux Falls2,880$34,7001.9
TennesseeChattanooga8,080$38,380 3
TennesseeClarksville860$29,6301.1
TennesseeCleveland660$37,9601.9
TennesseeJackson1,270$33,820 2.1
TennesseeJohnson City970$34,9801.2
TennesseeKingsport2,050$37,4701.6
TennesseeKnoxville6,920$37,4301.8
TennesseeMemphis15,340$41,010 2.1
TennesseeMorristown1,620$45,580 3.4
TennesseeNashville15,060$38,7301.7
TexasAbilene800$33,8501.2
TexasAmarillo1,690$37,5001.6
TexasAustin4,690$33,9600.5
TexasBeaumont1,840$32,2301
TexasBrownsville1,310$30,5201
TexasCollege Station1,120$36,1301.4
TexasCorpus Christi1,780$31,5200.9
TexasDallas28,630$40,6901.2
TexasEl Paso5,230$41,5401.7
TexasFort Worth11,710$38,4701.2
TexasHouston29,150$35,8601
TexasKilleen1,360$30,8801
TexasLaredo3,530$33,850 4
TexasLongview1,900$36,4301.9
TexasLubbock1,470$30,9901.1
TexasMcallen4,450$30,7701.8
TexasMidland1,290$39,6801.9
TexasOdessa1,110$37,6201.9
TexasSan Angelo360$29,4900.9
TexasSan Antonio9,180$34,7100.9
TexasSherman500$37,6601.3
TexasTexarkana1,650$37,180 2.9
TexasTyler930$34,8701
TexasVictoria760$34,4901.6
TexasWaco1,310$34,2501.3
TexasWichita Falls840$33,8501.4
UtahLogan650$37,6001.4
UtahOgden2,590$37,7301.1
UtahProvo1,270$39,4300.7
UtahSalt Lake City10,090$39,2901.4
UtahSt George790$41,0301.6
VermontBurlington1,000$37,8500.8
VirginiaBlacksburg600$35,3100.9
VirginiaCharlottesville700$32,1000.7
VirginiaDanville500$37,4201.5
VirginiaHarrisonburg1,160$37,740 2.1
VirginiaLynchburg1,390$34,5501.3
VirginiaRichmond8,550$39,5301.2
VirginiaRoanoke2,590$35,8301.5
VirginiaVirginia Beach7,060$34,8800.8
VirginiaWinchester830$37,7501.5
WashingtonBellingham790$38,3000.9
WashingtonBremerton490$40,8900.6
WashingtonKennewick980$43,7301
WashingtonLongview790$41,000 2.5
WashingtonMount Vernon660$46,8501.5
WashingtonOlympia900$41,8100.9
WashingtonSeattle11,840$44,0600.7
WashingtonSpokane2,950$40,0401.2
WashingtonTacoma3,720$43,1001.2
WashingtonWenatchee400$37,7801
WashingtonYakima1,320$38,5801.5
West VirginiaCharleston2,890$31,9201.8
West VirginiaHuntington1,610$32,6301.3
West VirginiaMorgantown710$32,3101.5
West VirginiaParkersburg1,390$31,3301.9
West VirginiaWeirton480$32,4201.1
West VirginiaWheeling690$30,8501
WisconsinAppleton1,650$35,9601.3
WisconsinEau Claire790$44,0901
WisconsinFond820$39,3101.9
WisconsinGreen Bay4,490$36,070 2.4
WisconsinJanesville1,760$41,730 2.6
WisconsinLa Crosse870$36,8101.2
WisconsinMadison3,130$41,6400.8
WisconsinMilwaukee8,410$40,3000.8
WisconsinOshkosh1,160$40,3101.3
WisconsinRacine1,020$47,3601.2
WisconsinSheboygan960$39,9501.6
WisconsinWausau1,560$39,770 2.2
WyomingCasper820$43,270 2.2
WyomingCheyenne700$31,1401.6
 

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