Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 4,660.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Dayton earn more.
$59,490 in Dayton buys what $64,200 buys across the country as a whole.
Dayton's regional price parity is 92.7 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Ohio
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Dayton |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus | $61,720 | $64,600 | 95.5 | +0.7% |
| Cincinnati | $60,590 | $63,500 | 95.4 | −1.0% |
| Toledo | $60,410 | $66,100 | 91.5 | +2.9% |
| Akron | $60,210 | $64,500 | 93.4 | +0.5% |
| Dayton This page | $59,490 | $64,200 | 92.7 | — |
| Cleveland | $58,970 | $62,800 | 93.9 | −2.2% |
| Springfield | $58,810 | $65,000 | 90.5 | +1.3% |
| Sandusky | $58,610 | $65,600 | 89.3 | +2.3% |
Price parity and difference against Dayton are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 4,660 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 53-3032, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Mapped to our taxonomy as heavy-and-tractor-trailer-truck-drivers.
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.