2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays
United States
Light Truck Drivers
United States. Estimated employment 983,300, with pages for 100 metro areas below.
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$30,800 10th
$37,270 25th
$44,860 50th
$52,310 75th
$80,310 90th
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Light Truck Drivers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
Metro area Median Employment
San Jose, CA $52,100 4,480 San Francisco, CA $50,820 14,470 Dalton, GA $50,340 350 Chattanooga, TN $49,990 3,500 Longview, WA $49,970 250 Minneapolis, MN $49,670 11,560 Boston, MA $49,630 15,910 Seattle, WA $49,590 14,680 Barnstable Town, MA $49,480 540 Santa Rosa, CA $49,410 1,070 Santa Cruz, CA $48,740 590 Bellingham, WA $48,720 420 Bremerton, WA $48,560 560 Memphis, TN $48,350 8,190 Rockford, IL $48,240 1,350 Harrisburg, PA $48,020 3,470 Gainesville, GA $48,010 1,020 Chicago, IL $47,950 34,680 Champaign, IL $47,910 820 Mount Vernon, WA $47,780 440 Decatur, IL $47,660 680 Napa, CA $47,590 560 Rochester, MN $47,460 550 New York, NY $47,440 58,140 Midland, TX $47,330 540 Flagstaff, AZ $46,860 250 Worcester, MA $46,750 3,050 Visalia, CA $46,720 1,080 Vallejo, CA $46,700 840 Stockton, CA $46,570 2,680 Kennewick, WA $46,570 770 Los Angeles, CA $46,500 40,900 Washington, DC $46,360 16,390 St. Cloud, MN $46,330 850 Lakeland, FL $46,010 2,650 Springfield, MA $45,990 1,430 York, PA $45,980 1,310 Austin, TX $45,820 6,380 Olympia, WA $45,820 660 Athens, GA $45,800 530 Phoenix, AZ $45,790 13,820 Cleveland, TN $45,760 260 Philadelphia, PA $45,740 20,930 Kiryas Joel, NY $45,590 2,110 Punta Gorda, FL $45,580 380 Riverside, CA $45,560 14,380 Kalamazoo, MI $45,460 660 Mankato, MN $45,440 480 Macon, GA $45,130 600 Duluth, MN $45,100 810 Nashville, TN $44,970 11,940 Atlanta, GA $44,960 15,350 Killeen, TX $44,750 640 Sierra Vista, AZ $44,580 230 Saginaw, MI $44,360 490 Detroit, MI $44,200 11,530 Syracuse, NY $44,200 2,710 Savannah, GA $44,150 1,840 Dallas, TX $44,050 25,890 Ann Arbor, MI $43,960 660 Houston, TX $43,920 19,050 Lancaster, PA $43,870 2,130 Springfield, IL $43,830 690 Jackson, TN $43,660 630 Grand Rapids, MI $43,490 4,520 Peoria, IL $43,440 1,160 Tucson, AZ $43,260 2,270 Allentown, PA $43,160 2,680 Scranton, PA $43,110 2,200 Midland, MI $42,850 110 Miami, FL $42,750 20,000 Prescott Valley, AZ $42,740 520 Morristown, TN $42,740 350 Battle Creek, MI $42,740 230 Pittsburgh, PA $42,700 8,180 Pittsfield, MA $42,680 270 Traverse City, MI $42,650 440 Buffalo, NY $42,640 4,260 Waco, TX $42,640 660 Clarksville, TN $42,420 640 Elmira, NY $42,220 300 Albany, GA $42,180 330 Naples, FL $42,170 1,130 Odessa, TX $42,160 480 Rochester, NY $42,090 3,360 Reading, PA $42,080 1,250 Kankakee, IL $42,030 270 Ocala, FL $41,920 1,260 Corpus Christi, TX $41,880 780 Orlando, FL $41,870 9,590 Jacksonville, FL $41,840 5,290 North Port, FL $41,600 2,560 Amherst Town, MA $41,600 240 Kingsport, TN $41,590 1,000 Bloomington, IL $41,410 410 Albany, NY $41,360 3,030 Augusta, GA $41,100 1,060 Glens Falls, NY $41,090 400 Lake Havasu City, AZ $40,590 330 Yuma, AZ $39,580 330
Sources
How this page was made
Wage data Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment 983,300 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation SOC 53-3033, Light Truck Drivers. Mapped to our taxonomy as light-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.