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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 .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 680 $37,650 1.4 Alabama Auburn 690 $27,550 1.5 Alabama Birmingham 8,590 $40,590 1.4 Alabama Decatur 1,560 $35,350 2.8Alabama Dothan 1,520 $41,350 2.4Alabama Florence 600 $31,850 1.1 Alabama Gadsden 730 $36,790 2.2Alabama Huntsville 1,530 $38,170 0.6 Alabama Mobile 3,060 $37,370 1.5 Alabama Montgomery 2,040 $40,740 1.1 Alabama Tuscaloosa 1,300 $33,480 1.3 Alaska Anchorage 1,540 $46,130 0.8 Alaska Fairbanks 460 $50,020 1.4 Arizona Flagstaff 370 $37,820 0.6 Arizona Kingman 600 $33,360 1.1 Arizona Phoenix 17,450 $40,120 0.8 Arizona Prescott 570 $34,590 0.9 Arizona Tucson 2,390 $38,560 0.6 Arkansas Fayetteville 11,380 $43,370 5.1Arkansas Fort Smith 5,090 $39,410 3.9Arkansas Hot Springs 220 $25,000 0.6 Arkansas Jonesboro 870 $29,420 1.7 Arkansas Little Rock 7,300 $34,510 1.9 Arkansas Pine Bluff 400 $28,330 1.2 California Bakersfield 5,080 $39,010 1.7 California Chico 610 $35,930 0.8 California El Centro 790 $33,070 1.5 California Fresno 3,690 $40,880 1 California Hanford 560 $35,720 2 California Madera 430 $37,870 1.2 California Merced 1,010 $45,070 1.7 California Modesto 3,240 $40,180 1.8 California Napa 310 $40,420 0.5 California Oakland 8,710 $42,520 0.7 California Oxnard 1,840 $42,130 0.5 California Redding 1,660 $38,560 2.4California Riverside 23,750 $43,770 1.6 California Sacramento 7,760 $42,610 0.7 California Salinas 1,460 $36,900 0.8 California San Diego 8,170 $42,260 0.5 California San Francisco 4,000 $45,080 0.3 California San Jose 4,580 $41,270 0.4 California San Luis Obispo 710 $37,820 0.7 California Santa Ana 8,190 $40,600 0.5 California Santa Barbara 960 $37,210 0.5 California Santa Cruz 710 $43,320 0.8 California Santa Rosa 1,880 $39,630 0.9 California Stockton 5,670 $43,220 2.3California Vallejo 1,370 $39,470 1 California Visalia 2,090 $35,370 1.4 California Yuba City 400 $41,110 1 Colorado Boulder 500 $34,900 0.3 Colorado Colorado Springs 1,310 $34,210 0.5 Colorado Denver 12,160 $41,540 0.8 Colorado Fort Collins 930 $35,330 0.7 Colorado Grand Junction 1,360 $42,140 2.3Colorado Greeley 1,900 $43,290 2.4Colorado Pueblo 510 $33,290 0.9 Connecticut Bridgeport 2,090 $44,170 0.4 Connecticut Danbury 710 $40,940 0.9 Connecticut Hartford 3,970 $44,930 0.6 Connecticut New Haven 2,950 $45,530 0.9 Connecticut Norwich 940 $39,430 0.7 Connecticut Waterbury 430 $40,360 0.6 Delaware Dover 620 $33,600 1.1 Delaware Wilmington 3,520 $42,520 0.9 District of Columbia Washington 12,080 $39,910 0.4 Florida Cape Coral 1,720 $34,310 0.7 Florida Deltona 1,260 $37,740 0.7 Florida Fort Lauderdale 6,000 $35,820 0.7 Florida Fort Walton Beach 310 $27,670 0.4 Florida Gainesville 900 $29,590 0.7 Florida Jacksonville 8,980 $36,790 1.3 Florida Lakeland 5,630 $39,080 2.6Florida Miami 9,550 $35,490 0.8 Florida Naples 840 $33,560 0.6 Florida Ocala 2,000 $31,070 2 Florida Orlando 10,480 $36,070 0.8 Florida Palm Bay 1,360 $32,000 0.6 Florida Palm Coast 170 $27,310 1.4 Florida Panama City 720 $28,870 1 Florida Pensacola 1,630 $31,530 1 Florida Port St Lucie 920 $34,970 0.7 Florida Punta Gorda 320 $37,990 0.8 Florida Sarasota 1,960 $35,700 0.7 Florida Sebastian 260 $35,800 0.5 Florida Tallahassee 1,120 $30,330 0.6 Florida Tampa 11,010 $35,310 0.8 Florida West Palm Beach 3,070 $35,400 0.5 Georgia Albany 1,220 $33,040 1.9 Georgia Athens 790 $35,790 1 Georgia Atlanta 30,940 $41,900 1.1 Georgia Augusta 1,990 $33,820 0.9 Georgia Brunswick 560 $39,100 1.3 Georgia Columbus 1,010 $31,390 0.8 Georgia Dalton 1,580 $36,010 1.9 Georgia Gainesville 1,160 $37,630 1.6 Georgia Hinesville 140 $30,080 1.2 Georgia Macon 1,030 $30,890 1 Georgia Rome 430 $31,460 1.2 Georgia Savannah 1,960 $39,010 1.2 Georgia Valdosta 910 $39,080 1.6 Georgia Warner Robins 250 $29,670 0.5 Hawaii Honolulu 2,460 $40,320 0.5 Idaho Boise 4,350 $31,370 1.4 Idaho Coeur Dalene 700 $34,480 1.2 Idaho Idaho Falls 1,420 $30,780 2.9Idaho Lewiston 380 $39,890 1.8 Idaho Pocatello 460 $31,690 1.6 Illinois Bloomington 1,270 $40,000 1.7 Illinois Champaign 1,100 $33,190 1.1 Illinois Chicago 38,880 $45,250 0.9 Illinois Danville 620 $46,140 2.5Illinois Decatur 690 $41,190 1.4 Illinois Kankakee 720 $38,310 1.9 Illinois Peoria 3,360 $34,810 1.8 Illinois Rockford 1,880 $41,840 1.1 Illinois Springfield 770 $40,730 0.7 Indiana Anderson 1,040 $36,140 2.6Indiana Bloomington 880 $34,360 1.2 Indiana Columbus 1,150 $37,890 2.7Indiana Elkhart 1,990 $36,510 1.4 Indiana Evansville 3,050 $35,680 1.6 Indiana Fort Wayne 4,450 $39,930 1.8 Indiana Gary 6,930 $41,830 2.2Indiana Indianapolis 17,240 $37,420 1.6 Indiana Kokomo 520 $39,100 1.5 Indiana Lafayette 1,350 $36,650 1.7 Indiana Michigan City 690 $39,760 1.6 Indiana Muncie 370 $35,460 0.8 Indiana South Bend 2,110 $36,970 1.4 Indiana Terre Haute 1,070 $35,970 1.5 Iowa Ames 280 $32,050 0.7 Iowa Cedar Rapids 5,030 $41,330 3.4Iowa Davenport 2,690 $39,400 1.3 Iowa Des Moines 5,930 $41,360 1.6 Iowa Dubuque 930 $36,270 1.8 Iowa Sioux City 1,500 $37,730 2 Iowa Waterloo 1,380 $32,760 1.5 Kansas Lawrence 240 $33,660 0.5 Kansas Topeka 1,100 $29,980 0.9 Kansas Wichita 3,180 $37,720 0.9 Kentucky Bowling Green 750 $31,430 1.3 Kentucky Elizabethtown 700 $35,170 1.6 Kentucky Lexington 3,650 $39,600 1.3 Kentucky Louisville 10,730 $37,660 1.5 Kentucky Owensboro 590 $32,990 1.2 Louisiana Alexandria 940 $30,980 1.5 Louisiana Baton Rouge 4,130 $36,000 1 Louisiana Houma 1,400 $29,910 1.4 Louisiana Lafayette 2,080 $33,740 1.3 Louisiana Lake Charles 1,290 $37,360 1.4 Louisiana Monroe 720 $33,140 0.9 Louisiana New Orleans 5,340 $36,140 0.9 Louisiana Shreveport 2,530 $37,790 1.3 Maine Bangor 1,730 $37,730 2.6Maine Lewiston 1,010 $35,520 2Maine Portland 2,570 $36,190 1.1 Maryland Baltimore 12,700 $39,980 0.8 Maryland Bethesda 2,180 $39,200 0.3 Maryland Cumberland 330 $32,960 0.9 Maryland Hagerstown 1,850 $40,810 1.7 Maryland Salisbury 650 $43,750 1.2 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 1,050 $39,380 1 Massachusetts Boston 8,720 $43,320 0.4 Massachusetts Brockton 1,340 $41,240 1.4 Massachusetts Framingham 920 $41,960 0.5 Massachusetts Haverhill 670 $39,980 0.8 Massachusetts Lawrence 300 $40,950 0.5 Massachusetts Leominster 500 $38,710 1 Massachusetts Lowell 1,430 $46,670 1.1 Massachusetts New Bedford 760 $41,610 1.1 Massachusetts Pittsfield 320 $40,540 1 Massachusetts Springfield 4,290 $41,870 1.2 Massachusetts Taunton 1,120 $46,640 2.4Massachusetts Worcester 2,660 $46,070 0.9 Michigan Ann Arbor 1,350 $37,340 0.7 Michigan Battle Creek 300 $36,380 0.6 Michigan Bay City 550 $38,200 1.6 Michigan Detroit 11,590 $42,270 1.4 Michigan Flint 880 $35,240 0.6 Michigan Grand Rapids 4,690 $39,990 1.1 Michigan Holland 1,900 $37,940 1.7 Michigan Jackson 690 $35,640 1.3 Michigan Kalamazoo 1,990 $34,910 1.3 Michigan Lansing 2,000 $37,640 0.9 Michigan Monroe 950 $40,800 2.4Michigan Muskegon 560 $32,200 0.9 Michigan Niles 690 $30,870 1.1 Michigan Saginaw 920 $40,330 1.1 Michigan Warren 10,770 $41,400 0.8 Minnesota Duluth 1,710 $39,100 1.2 Minnesota Minneapolis 16,700 $42,240 0.8 Minnesota Rochester 1,190 $35,990 1.2 Minnesota St Cloud 1,770 $38,640 1.6 Mississippi Gulfport 1,200 $40,560 1 Mississippi Hattiesburg 720 $33,620 1.2 Mississippi Jackson 4,970 $38,560 1.7 Mississippi Pascagoula 300 $29,490 0.6 Missouri Columbia 860 $34,610 1 Missouri Jefferson City 770 $32,900 1.1 Missouri Joplin 4,480 $34,040 5.2Missouri Kansas City 14,850 $41,220 1.2 Missouri Springfield 5,090 $38,170 2.3Missouri St Joseph 770 $34,120 1.5 Missouri St Louis 16,250 $42,120 1 Montana Billings 1,360 $40,180 1.6 Montana Great Falls 420 $35,450 1.2 Montana Missoula 690 $38,420 1.3 Nebraska Lincoln 6,260 3.4Nebraska Omaha 15,640 $41,470 2.9Nevada Carson City 100 $36,900 0.4 Nevada Las Vegas 5,860 $43,090 0.5 Nevada Reno 3,660 $44,260 1.5 New Hampshire Manchester 1,100 $37,900 1 New Hampshire Nashua 1,720 $39,920 1.1 New Hampshire Portsmouth 310 $39,830 0.5 New Hampshire Rochester 440 $37,460 0.7 New Jersey Atlantic City 590 $40,110 0.4 New Jersey Camden 7,270 $44,820 1.2 New Jersey Edison 11,320 $41,170 0.9 New Jersey Newark 11,660 $42,890 1 New Jersey Ocean City 250 $39,440 0.6 New Jersey Trenton 940 $46,840 0.4 New Jersey Vineland 1,310 $45,750 2.2New Mexico Albuquerque 3,930 $39,380 0.9 New Mexico Farmington 1,230 $36,100 2.3New Mexico Las Cruces 320 $27,110 0.5 New Mexico Santa Fe 180 $32,740 0.3 New York Albany 4,190 $44,220 0.8 New York Binghamton 1,400 $32,820 1.2 New York Buffalo 5,190 $39,310 0.8 New York Elmira 340 $38,490 1 New York Glens Falls 340 $34,990 0.6 New York Ithaca 190 $32,920 0.4 New York Kingston 490 $37,110 0.8 New York Nassau 9,300 $48,560 0.6 New York New York 26,300 $45,760 0.4 New York Poughkeepsie 2,690 $45,400 1 New York Rochester 3,230 $34,420 0.6 New York Syracuse 4,580 $39,280 1.3 New York Utica 1,550 $32,570 1.1 North Carolina Asheville 1,910 $37,100 0.9 North Carolina Burlington 790 $35,610 1.3 North Carolina Charlotte 11,700 $41,400 1.1 North Carolina Durham 1,080 $38,620 0.3 North Carolina Fayetteville 1,510 $37,820 1.1 North Carolina Goldsboro 430 $30,050 1.1 North Carolina Greensboro 6,560 $38,040 1.5 North Carolina Greenville 530 $32,280 0.7 North Carolina Hickory 3,930 $44,050 2.1North Carolina Jacksonville 260 $31,260 0.6 North Carolina Raleigh 3,800 $37,860 0.6 North Carolina Rocky Mount 980 $37,090 1.6 North Carolina Wilmington 1,290 $37,770 0.8 North Carolina Winston Salem 3,030 $39,410 1.2 North Dakota Bismarck 970 $33,370 1.7 North Dakota Fargo 2,110 $38,860 1.7 North Dakota Grand Forks 970 $33,150 2 Ohio Akron 4,710 $39,080 1.2 Ohio Canton 2,090 $39,630 1.1 Ohio Cincinnati 11,780 $37,660 1 Ohio Cleveland 11,500 $39,770 0.9 Ohio Columbus 12,140 $38,590 1.1 Ohio Dayton 4,990 $39,150 1.1 Ohio Lima 1,050 $35,910 2 Ohio Mansfield 570 $42,380 1.1 Ohio Sandusky 640 $36,740 1.8 Ohio Springfield 1,020 $31,630 2.1Ohio Toledo 5,400 $40,220 1.5 Ohio Youngstown 4,580 $39,440 1.7 Oklahoma Lawton 390 $28,130 1.1 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 7,510 $36,140 1.1 Oklahoma Tulsa 6,080 $38,750 1.2 Oregon Bend 480 $37,450 0.7 Oregon Corvallis 230 $35,870 0.8 Oregon Eugene 1,880 $34,820 1.1 Oregon Medford 1,590 $35,450 1.8 Oregon Portland 13,570 $40,160 1.1 Oregon Salem 1,980 $36,120 1.2 Pennsylvania Allentown 4,690 $41,080 1.2 Pennsylvania Altoona 1,320 $35,560 2.1Pennsylvania Erie 1,270 $35,480 0.9 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 6,070 $45,060 1.7 Pennsylvania Johnstown 840 $40,070 1.4 Pennsylvania Lancaster 4,360 $41,250 1.6 Pennsylvania Lebanon 680 $37,820 1.5 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 14,310 $42,170 0.6 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 11,540 $38,810 0.9 Pennsylvania Reading 2,640 $39,410 1.4 Pennsylvania Scranton 4,340 $35,330 1.5 Pennsylvania State College 640 $40,830 1.1 Pennsylvania Williamsport 540 $36,300 1 Pennsylvania York 3,670 $40,170 1.8 Rhode Island Providence 4,520 $39,840 0.7 South Carolina Anderson 590 $32,610 0.9 South Carolina Charleston 3,200 $35,780 1 South Carolina Columbia 3,060 $37,410 0.8 South Carolina Florence 1,320 $37,490 1.5 South Carolina Greenville 4,620 $40,660 1.3 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 830 $30,870 0.6 South Carolina Spartanburg 2,750 $35,030 2South Carolina Sumter 450 $34,650 1.3 South Dakota Rapid City 1,130 $35,450 1.7 South Dakota Sioux Falls 2,880 $34,700 1.9 Tennessee Chattanooga 8,080 $38,380 3Tennessee Clarksville 860 $29,630 1.1 Tennessee Cleveland 660 $37,960 1.9 Tennessee Jackson 1,270 $33,820 2.1Tennessee Johnson City 970 $34,980 1.2 Tennessee Kingsport 2,050 $37,470 1.6 Tennessee Knoxville 6,920 $37,430 1.8 Tennessee Memphis 15,340 $41,010 2.1Tennessee Morristown 1,620 $45,580 3.4Tennessee Nashville 15,060 $38,730 1.7 Texas Abilene 800 $33,850 1.2 Texas Amarillo 1,690 $37,500 1.6 Texas Austin 4,690 $33,960 0.5 Texas Beaumont 1,840 $32,230 1 Texas Brownsville 1,310 $30,520 1 Texas College Station 1,120 $36,130 1.4 Texas Corpus Christi 1,780 $31,520 0.9 Texas Dallas 28,630 $40,690 1.2 Texas El Paso 5,230 $41,540 1.7 Texas Fort Worth 11,710 $38,470 1.2 Texas Houston 29,150 $35,860 1 Texas Killeen 1,360 $30,880 1 Texas Laredo 3,530 $33,850 4Texas Longview 1,900 $36,430 1.9 Texas Lubbock 1,470 $30,990 1.1 Texas Mcallen 4,450 $30,770 1.8 Texas Midland 1,290 $39,680 1.9 Texas Odessa 1,110 $37,620 1.9 Texas San Angelo 360 $29,490 0.9 Texas San Antonio 9,180 $34,710 0.9 Texas Sherman 500 $37,660 1.3 Texas Texarkana 1,650 $37,180 2.9Texas Tyler 930 $34,870 1 Texas Victoria 760 $34,490 1.6 Texas Waco 1,310 $34,250 1.3 Texas Wichita Falls 840 $33,850 1.4 Utah Logan 650 $37,600 1.4 Utah Ogden 2,590 $37,730 1.1 Utah Provo 1,270 $39,430 0.7 Utah Salt Lake City 10,090 $39,290 1.4 Utah St George 790 $41,030 1.6 Vermont Burlington 1,000 $37,850 0.8 Virginia Blacksburg 600 $35,310 0.9 Virginia Charlottesville 700 $32,100 0.7 Virginia Danville 500 $37,420 1.5 Virginia Harrisonburg 1,160 $37,740 2.1Virginia Lynchburg 1,390 $34,550 1.3 Virginia Richmond 8,550 $39,530 1.2 Virginia Roanoke 2,590 $35,830 1.5 Virginia Virginia Beach 7,060 $34,880 0.8 Virginia Winchester 830 $37,750 1.5 Washington Bellingham 790 $38,300 0.9 Washington Bremerton 490 $40,890 0.6 Washington Kennewick 980 $43,730 1 Washington Longview 790 $41,000 2.5Washington Mount Vernon 660 $46,850 1.5 Washington Olympia 900 $41,810 0.9 Washington Seattle 11,840 $44,060 0.7 Washington Spokane 2,950 $40,040 1.2 Washington Tacoma 3,720 $43,100 1.2 Washington Wenatchee 400 $37,780 1 Washington Yakima 1,320 $38,580 1.5 West Virginia Charleston 2,890 $31,920 1.8 West Virginia Huntington 1,610 $32,630 1.3 West Virginia Morgantown 710 $32,310 1.5 West Virginia Parkersburg 1,390 $31,330 1.9 West Virginia Weirton 480 $32,420 1.1 West Virginia Wheeling 690 $30,850 1 Wisconsin Appleton 1,650 $35,960 1.3 Wisconsin Eau Claire 790 $44,090 1 Wisconsin Fond 820 $39,310 1.9 Wisconsin Green Bay 4,490 $36,070 2.4Wisconsin Janesville 1,760 $41,730 2.6Wisconsin La Crosse 870 $36,810 1.2 Wisconsin Madison 3,130 $41,640 0.8 Wisconsin Milwaukee 8,410 $40,300 0.8 Wisconsin Oshkosh 1,160 $40,310 1.3 Wisconsin Racine 1,020 $47,360 1.2 Wisconsin Sheboygan 960 $39,950 1.6 Wisconsin Wausau 1,560 $39,770 2.2Wyoming Casper 820 $43,270 2.2Wyoming Cheyenne 700 $31,140 1.6
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