Light Truck Drivers
Traverse City, MI metropolitan area. Estimated employment 440.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of light truck drivers in Traverse City earn more.
$42,650 in Traverse City buys what $45,700 buys across the country as a whole.
Traverse City's regional price parity is 93.4 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Michigan
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Traverse City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo | $45,460 | $47,900 | 94.8 | +4.9% |
| Saginaw | $44,360 | $48,800 | 90.9 | +6.8% |
| Detroit | $44,200 | $44,100 | 100.3 | −3.5% |
| Ann Arbor | $43,960 | $43,600 | 100.9 | −4.6% |
| Grand Rapids | $43,490 | $45,500 | 95.5 | −0.4% |
| Midland | $42,850 | $46,600 | 91.9 | +2.1% |
| Battle Creek | $42,740 | $47,200 | 90.5 | +3.3% |
| Traverse City This page | $42,650 | $45,700 | 93.4 | — |
Price parity and difference against Traverse City 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
- 440 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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