2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Light Truck Drivers

Duluth, MN-WI metropolitan area. Estimated employment 810.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 53-3033
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$45,100 · 50th
$29,23010th
$37,07025th
$45,10050th
$55,54075th
$92,93090th

That is the medianhalf of light truck drivers in Duluth earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$45,100 in Duluth buys what $50,800 buys across the country as a whole.

Duluth's regional price parity is 88.8 — 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.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Minnesota

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Duluth
Minneapolis$49,670$47,400104.8−6.7%
Rochester$47,460$52,30090.8+2.9%
St. Cloud$46,330$52,90087.6+4.1%
Mankato$45,440$50,00091.0−1.7%
Duluth This page$45,100$50,80088.8

Price parity and difference against Duluth are in the full table on wider screens.

Fig. 2 — Five-year trend

Nominal against real

The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.

40k45k50k55k 20212022202320242025
Nominal, as published Real, in 2025 dollars US$ thousands

Published pay rose 0.0% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it fell 15.8% — prices rose faster than pay since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.

Sources

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.
Inflation
Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
Employment
810 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 53-3033, Light Truck Drivers. Mapped to our taxonomy as light-truck-drivers.

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