Pay distribution $38,320 10th $46,830 25th $64,410 75th $79,490 90th
Half of Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in the Houston metro area earn more than $56,840 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $46,830 and $64,410.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $38,320 $46,830 $56,840 $64,410 $79,490 Hourly $18.42 $22.51 $27.33 $30.97 $38.22
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Houston metro areathis metro area
$56,840 median for Houston metro area; middle half earns $46,830 to $64,410
$56,290 median for Texas; middle half earns $46,680 to $64,820
$58,640 median for United States; middle half earns $47,960 to $69,120
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +1% vs Texas overall and −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $23,390 $42,857 $62,323 $81,790 Aguadilla, PR — $23,390 Ponce, PR — $23,490 Arecibo, PR — $23,840 Guayama, PR — $24,960 Mayaguez, PR — $25,270 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $26,170 Hot Springs, AR — $44,590 Sebring, FL — $44,930 Jacksonville, NC — $45,640 Homosassa Springs, FL — $45,750 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $45,990 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $46,250 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $46,360 Tallahassee, FL — $46,470 Sumter, SC — $46,500 Kankakee, IL — $46,750 Punta Gorda, FL — $46,780 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $47,040 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $47,050 Goldsboro, NC — $47,140 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $47,180 Lawton, OK — $47,280 Monroe, LA — $47,300 Alexandria, LA — $47,370 Joplin, MO-KS — $47,430 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $47,560 Columbus, GA-AL — $47,570 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $47,580 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $47,610 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $47,660 Johnson City, TN — $47,670 Jonesboro, AR — $47,670 Valdosta, GA — $47,880 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $47,920 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $47,940 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $47,950 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $48,060 Rocky Mount, NC — $48,090 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $48,110 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $48,140 Hattiesburg, MS — $48,200 San Angelo, TX — $48,230 Las Cruces, NM — $48,400 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $48,410 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $48,460 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $48,550 Morgantown, WV — $48,560 Port St. Lucie, FL — $48,590 Yuma, AZ — $48,630 Hammond, LA — $48,650 Niles, MI — $48,780 Waco, TX — $48,780 Wilmington, NC — $48,850 Jefferson City, MO — $48,860 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $48,860 Gainesville, FL — $48,930 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $48,950 Greenville, NC — $48,980 Corpus Christi, TX — $49,000 Laredo, TX — $49,010 Texarkana, TX-AR — $49,050 Lubbock, TX — $49,080 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $49,210 Hinesville, GA — $49,220 Cleveland, TN — $49,250 El Paso, TX — $49,270 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $49,300 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $49,360 Midland, MI — $49,380 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $49,410 Lafayette, LA — $49,450 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $49,520 College Station-Bryan, TX — $49,540 Charleston, WV — $49,580 Peoria, IL — $49,610 Enid, OK — $49,780 Lake Charles, LA — $49,960 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $49,980 Fayetteville, NC — $49,980 Johnstown, PA — $49,980 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $50,050 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $50,190 Tuscaloosa, AL — $50,190 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $50,200 Flint, MI — $50,200 Saginaw, MI — $50,200 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $50,250 Springfield, IL — $50,350 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $50,460 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $50,500 Paducah, KY-IL — $50,520 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $50,550 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $50,560 Owensboro, KY — $50,600 Wichita Falls, TX — $50,600 Elizabethtown, KY — $50,680 Spartanburg, SC — $50,700 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $50,890 Rome, GA — $50,960 Warner Robins, GA — $50,990 Mobile, AL — $51,010 Farmington, NM — $51,070 Santa Fe, NM — $51,120 Victoria, TX — $51,150 Columbia, SC — $51,280 Tyler, TX — $51,290 Winston-Salem, NC — $51,320 Beckley, WV — $51,340 Clarksville, TN-KY — $51,470 Ocala, FL — $51,490 Visalia, CA — $51,530 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $51,540 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $51,540 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $51,580 Asheville, NC — $51,750 Manhattan, KS — $51,750 Longview, TX — $51,990 Altoona, PA — $52,010 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $52,110 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $52,530 Columbia, MO — $52,820 Terre Haute, IN — $53,030 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $53,080 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $53,280 Salinas, CA — $53,390 Bowling Green, KY — $53,450 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $53,650 Dalton, GA — $53,760 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $53,980 Dover, DE — $54,150 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $54,190 Amarillo, TX — $54,290 Salisbury, MD — $54,360 Gadsden, AL — $54,410 Birmingham, AL — $54,460 Great Falls, MT — $54,460 Ames, IA — $54,510 Monroe, MI — $54,510 Bloomington, IL — $54,610 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $54,700 Abilene, TX — $54,720 Oklahoma City, OK — $54,720 Erie, PA — $54,770 Gettysburg, PA — $54,820 Baton Rouge, LA — $54,840 Montgomery, AL — $54,860 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $54,900 Charlottesville, VA — $54,970 Lynchburg, VA — $55,020 Pueblo, CO — $55,070 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $55,070 El Centro, CA — $55,140 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $55,150 Jackson, TN — $55,160 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $55,260 Sherman-Denison, TX — $55,270 Florence, SC — $55,550 Evansville, IN — $55,570 Jacksonville, FL — $55,630 Merced, CA — $55,630 Fresno, CA — $55,740 Flagstaff, AZ — $55,750 Albuquerque, NM — $55,840 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $55,880 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $55,910 Chambersburg, PA — $55,960 Springfield, MO — $56,070 Jackson, MI — $56,080 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $56,120 Ithaca, NY — $56,130 State College, PA — $56,130 Battle Creek, MI — $56,160 Bangor, ME — $56,250 Lexington Park, MD — $56,250 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $56,270 Burlington, NC — $56,290 Williamsport, PA — $56,290 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $56,310 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $56,330 Pocatello, ID — $56,370 Roanoke, VA — $56,430 Grand Junction, CO — $56,600 Tucson, AZ — $56,640 Huntsville, AL — $56,690 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $56,710 Gainesville, GA — $56,770 Helena, MT — $56,800 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $56,810 Sheboygan, WI — $56,820 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $56,820 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $56,840 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $56,950 Killeen-Temple, TX — $57,040 Albany, GA — $57,050 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $57,050 Elmira, NY — $57,080 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $57,090 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $57,110 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $57,200 Yakima, WA — $57,210 Eau Claire, WI — $57,220 Lebanon, PA — $57,250 Mansfield, OH — $57,280 Bay City, MI — $57,320 Twin Falls, ID — $57,330 Columbus, IN — $57,350 Redding, CA — $57,350 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $57,440 Logan, UT-ID — $57,450 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $57,460 Winchester, VA-WV — $57,460 Chico, CA — $57,480 Canton-Massillon, OH — $57,580 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $57,580 Wheeling, WV-OH — $57,590 Utica-Rome, NY — $57,650 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $57,690 Traverse City, MI — $57,700 Fond du Lac, WI — $57,730 Glens Falls, NY — $57,870 Pittsburgh, PA — $57,880 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $57,900 Wichita, KS — $57,930 Omaha, NE-IA — $58,010 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $58,070 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $58,100 Jackson, MS — $58,100 Lima, OH — $58,140 Richmond, VA — $58,190 Midland, TX — $58,200 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $58,210 Medford, OR — $58,220 Yuba City, CA — $58,230 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $58,240 St. Louis, MO-IL — $58,240 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $58,270 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $58,280 Modesto, CA — $58,330 Lancaster, PA — $58,350 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $58,360 Kokomo, IN — $58,370 Odessa, TX — $58,370 Dubuque, IA — $58,470 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $58,480 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $58,480 Reading, PA — $58,480 Missoula, MT — $58,500 Wausau, WI — $58,520 York-Hanover, PA — $58,590 Eagle Pass, TX — $58,600 Sandusky, OH — $58,610 Harrisonburg, VA — $58,660 Bloomington, IN — $58,700 Casper, WY — $58,710 Appleton, WI — $58,730 Binghamton, NY — $58,730 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $58,730 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $58,770 Tulsa, OK — $58,790 Muncie, IN — $58,810 St. George, UT — $58,810 Springfield, OH — $58,810 Lewiston, ID-WA — $58,830 Topeka, KS — $58,870 Cedar Rapids, IA — $58,900 Fargo, ND-MN — $58,900 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $58,900 Rochester, NY — $58,920 Savannah, GA — $58,930 Cleveland, OH — $58,970 Grants Pass, OR — $58,980 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $59,000 Idaho Falls, ID — $59,010 Fort Wayne, IN — $59,050 Lawrence, KS — $59,050 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $59,100 Decatur, IL — $59,100 Knoxville, TN — $59,100 Rapid City, SD — $59,110 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $59,120 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $59,120 Ann Arbor, MI — $59,230 Pittsfield, MA — $59,330 Urban Honolulu, HI — $59,330 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $59,360 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $59,370 Decatur, AL — $59,390 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $59,440 Greeley, CO — $59,450 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $59,460 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $59,460 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $59,490 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $59,490 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $59,500 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $59,530 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $59,580 Corvallis, OR — $59,610 Madison, WI — $59,700 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $59,750 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $59,770 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $59,780 Colorado Springs, CO — $59,790 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $59,790 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $59,800 Green Bay, WI — $59,810 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $59,820 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $59,820 Kingston, NY — $59,830 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $59,890 Portland-South Portland, ME — $59,900 Rockford, IL — $59,900 Ogden, UT — $59,940 Mankato, MN — $60,070 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $60,090 Kansas City, MO-KS — $60,170 Albany, OR — $60,180 Akron, OH — $60,210 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $60,300 Walla Walla, WA — $60,300 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $60,320 Boise City, ID — $60,330 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $60,340 Vineland, NJ — $60,360 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $60,370 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $60,380 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $60,380 Toledo, OH — $60,410 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $60,470 Carson City, NV — $60,480 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $60,480 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $60,580 Salem, OR — $60,580 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $60,590 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $60,610 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $60,630 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $60,650 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $60,720 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $60,720 Grand Island, NE — $60,810 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $60,810 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $60,820 Billings, MT — $60,850 Napa, CA — $60,860 Duluth, MN-WI — $60,970 Minot, ND — $61,030 New Haven, CT — $61,040 Bend, OR — $61,220 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $61,260 Syracuse, NY — $61,330 Springfield, MA — $61,420 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $61,520 Vallejo, CA — $61,540 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $61,580 Kenosha, WI — $61,610 Worcester, MA — $61,610 Columbus, OH — $61,720 Bellingham, WA — $61,890 Dothan, AL — $61,900 Iowa City, IA — $61,960 St. Cloud, MN — $61,960 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $61,980 Bismarck, ND — $62,000 Rochester, MN — $62,180 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $62,240 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $62,300 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $62,310 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $62,460 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $62,520 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $62,620 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $62,710 Barnstable Town, MA — $62,740 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $62,760 Bozeman, MT — $62,780 Longview-Kelso, WA — $62,930 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $62,980 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $63,040 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $63,070 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $63,420 Cheyenne, WY — $63,540 Reno, NV — $63,790 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $63,800 Boulder, CO — $63,810 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $63,900 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $64,010 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $64,200 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $65,040 Anchorage, AK — $66,190 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $66,450 Morristown, TN — $67,330 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $70,730 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $71,240 Fairbanks-College, AK — $76,560 Lincoln, NE — $81,790 Houston metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Houston metro area has the 203rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 393 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Texas Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Houston metro areathis page
$56,840 median for Houston metro area; middle half earns $46,830 to $64,410
$59,530 median for Dallas metro area; middle half earns $49,090 to $73,020
$58,600 median for Eagle Pass metro area; middle half earns $44,280 to $72,150
$58,370 median for Odessa metro area; middle half earns $48,850 to $65,860
$58,200 median for Midland metro area; middle half earns $50,270 to $63,330
$57,110 median for Austin metro area; middle half earns $47,250 to $64,120
$57,040 median for Killeen metro area; middle half earns $45,700 to $73,000
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Stockers and Order Fillers $36,890 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand $38,000 Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators $45,990 Light Truck Drivers $43,920 First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors $60,760 Driver/Sales Workers $28,880 Highest-paying metro areas for truck driver (heavy and tractor-trailer)s · Highest-paying occupations in Houston Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .