# Truck driver salary by state

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Period: May 2025. Native unit: USD/year. Source occupation group: Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.

United States median: $58,640. 51 retained state/DC markets.

These are occupational wage distributions across experience levels, not employer base salaries, individual packages or complete total compensation. Rankings exclude bounded/unavailable medians. Ties share a rank. No cost-of-living adjustment or 2026 projection.

| State / DC | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Alaska | $70,100 | $60,500 | $78,060 |
| Washington | $64,760 | $59,450 | $75,530 |
| District of Columbia | $64,170 | $58,850 | $74,440 |
| New Jersey | $63,570 | $57,400 | $76,450 |
| Massachusetts | $63,030 | $56,320 | $72,150 |
| Nevada | $62,290 | $52,420 | $75,890 |
| New York | $62,050 | $55,550 | $74,040 |
| Minnesota | $61,990 | $50,730 | $73,700 |
| Oregon | $61,980 | $54,870 | $72,870 |
| Colorado | $61,500 | $53,490 | $70,220 |
| North Dakota | $60,910 | $52,310 | $67,110 |
| Vermont | $60,830 | $52,120 | $64,900 |
| Utah | $60,620 | $50,340 | $68,460 |
| Connecticut | $60,490 | $51,590 | $69,970 |
| Illinois | $60,320 | $48,550 | $75,600 |
| Wyoming | $60,310 | $50,450 | $73,000 |
| Indiana | $60,290 | $49,390 | $72,260 |
| New Hampshire | $60,280 | $52,380 | $65,140 |
| California | $60,230 | $48,740 | $72,330 |
| Rhode Island | $60,190 | $50,330 | $64,250 |
| Hawaii | $59,820 | $52,520 | $64,910 |
| Ohio | $59,800 | $49,260 | $71,260 |
| Maryland | $59,360 | $49,640 | $69,270 |
| Kansas | $58,920 | $48,430 | $71,080 |
| Montana | $58,870 | $50,620 | $63,660 |
| Idaho | $58,770 | $48,150 | $64,260 |
| South Dakota | $58,690 | $48,370 | $64,480 |
| Tennessee | $58,620 | $47,740 | $73,420 |
| Wisconsin | $58,610 | $49,400 | $63,870 |
| Pennsylvania | $58,580 | $49,570 | $65,830 |
| Nebraska | $58,390 | $47,020 | $75,830 |
| Arizona | $58,080 | $47,550 | $65,580 |
| Iowa | $58,070 | $48,350 | $64,190 |
| Delaware | $57,590 | $53,570 | $58,900 |
| Michigan | $57,180 | $47,600 | $62,060 |
| Georgia | $57,050 | $45,700 | $68,780 |
| Maine | $57,050 | $48,020 | $62,210 |
| Virginia | $56,860 | $46,880 | $63,200 |
| Kentucky | $56,340 | $47,810 | $70,020 |
| Texas | $56,290 | $46,680 | $64,820 |
| Missouri | $54,550 | $46,140 | $63,400 |
| Oklahoma | $54,410 | $45,710 | $70,950 |
| Alabama | $52,120 | $44,640 | $64,870 |
| Mississippi | $51,820 | $43,520 | $63,630 |
| Arkansas | $51,550 | $44,650 | $69,700 |
| North Carolina | $51,530 | $46,320 | $62,640 |
| South Carolina | $51,130 | $46,290 | $62,660 |
| Florida | $50,640 | $45,500 | $62,380 |
| New Mexico | $50,500 | $46,370 | $60,320 |
| West Virginia | $49,480 | $43,330 | $58,720 |
| Louisiana | $49,320 | $44,330 | $58,780 |

Full native-unit data with qualifiers and source URLs: https://wages.fyi/salary-reports/heavy-and-tractor-trailer-truck-drivers-53-3032-00/data.csv

Official reference: https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/53-3032.00. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, distributed through O*NET OnLine.