Pay distribution $30,290 10th $37,440 25th $60,760 75th $94,830 90th
Half of Light Truck Drivers in the Cedar Rapids metro area earn more than $43,450 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,440 and $60,760.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $30,290 $37,440 $43,450 $60,760 $94,830 Hourly $14.56 $18.00 $20.89 $29.21 $45.59
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 Cedar Rapids metro areathis metro area
$43,450 median for Cedar Rapids metro area; middle half earns $37,440 to $60,760
$42,750 median for Iowa; middle half earns $37,090 to $47,500
$44,860 median for United States; middle half earns $37,270 to $52,310
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +2% vs Iowa overall and −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $22,930 $34,370 $45,810 $57,250 Mayaguez, PR — $22,930 Arecibo, PR — $23,050 Ponce, PR — $23,670 Aguadilla, PR — $24,590 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $24,850 Guayama, PR — $26,270 Monroe, MI — $30,420 Spartanburg, SC — $31,880 Morgantown, WV — $32,170 Jacksonville, NC — $32,420 Warner Robins, GA — $34,250 Gadsden, AL — $34,600 Hinesville, GA — $34,600 Homosassa Springs, FL — $34,840 Hot Springs, AR — $34,860 Harrisonburg, VA — $34,930 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $35,020 Lynchburg, VA — $35,140 Enid, OK — $35,340 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $35,350 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $35,360 Bay City, MI — $35,380 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $35,560 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $35,580 Hattiesburg, MS — $35,620 Laredo, TX — $35,770 Longview, TX — $35,770 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $35,830 El Paso, TX — $36,030 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $36,190 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $36,210 Eagle Pass, TX — $36,320 Columbus, GA-AL — $36,330 Dothan, AL — $36,400 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $36,460 Jonesboro, AR — $36,500 San Angelo, TX — $36,570 Montgomery, AL — $36,770 Sebring, FL — $36,810 Johnson City, TN — $36,850 Rocky Mount, NC — $36,850 Lebanon, PA — $36,910 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $36,910 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $36,960 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $36,960 Las Cruces, NM — $36,990 Roanoke, VA — $37,010 Monroe, LA — $37,020 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $37,080 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $37,190 Hammond, LA — $37,230 College Station-Bryan, TX — $37,250 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $37,260 Lubbock, TX — $37,300 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $37,350 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $37,370 Chambersburg, PA — $37,530 Victoria, TX — $37,530 Sherman-Denison, TX — $37,560 Columbia, SC — $37,600 Cheyenne, WY — $37,640 Fond du Lac, WI — $37,640 Springfield, OH — $37,680 Wheeling, WV-OH — $37,710 Lexington Park, MD — $37,740 Tallahassee, FL — $37,740 Sumter, SC — $37,750 Lawton, OK — $37,780 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $37,790 Decatur, AL — $37,860 Florence, SC — $37,860 Tuscaloosa, AL — $37,880 Burlington, NC — $37,940 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $37,960 Rome, GA — $38,060 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $38,070 Abilene, TX — $38,090 Tyler, TX — $38,090 Jackson, MS — $38,110 Goldsboro, NC — $38,140 Lake Charles, LA — $38,210 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $38,270 Lafayette, LA — $38,290 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $38,300 Winston-Salem, NC — $38,360 Amarillo, TX — $38,560 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $38,570 Alexandria, LA — $38,600 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $38,650 Erie, PA — $38,660 Gainesville, FL — $38,790 Texarkana, TX-AR — $38,800 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $38,820 Idaho Falls, ID — $38,880 Altoona, PA — $38,940 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $38,970 Wichita Falls, TX — $39,000 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $39,010 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $39,010 Wilmington, NC — $39,070 Fayetteville, NC — $39,160 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $39,240 Bowling Green, KY — $39,270 State College, PA — $39,270 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $39,290 Winchester, VA-WV — $39,290 Knoxville, TN — $39,330 Manhattan, KS — $39,380 Mobile, AL — $39,400 Canton-Massillon, OH — $39,440 Utica-Rome, NY — $39,450 Mansfield, OH — $39,460 Greenville, NC — $39,470 Ithaca, NY — $39,520 Yuma, AZ — $39,580 Gettysburg, PA — $39,590 Owensboro, KY — $39,700 Niles, MI — $39,710 Valdosta, GA — $39,710 Johnstown, PA — $39,720 Dover, DE — $39,780 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $39,840 Tulsa, OK — $39,890 Beckley, WV — $40,010 Williamsport, PA — $40,030 Ames, IA — $40,050 Birmingham, AL — $40,080 Oklahoma City, OK — $40,130 Pocatello, ID — $40,210 Akron, OH — $40,280 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $40,340 Terre Haute, IN — $40,370 Kingston, NY — $40,400 Twin Falls, ID — $40,400 Sandusky, OH — $40,490 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $40,490 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $40,520 Lima, OH — $40,530 Port St. Lucie, FL — $40,560 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $40,590 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $40,650 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $40,730 Wichita, KS — $40,780 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $40,820 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $40,960 Asheville, NC — $40,980 Binghamton, NY — $41,010 Glens Falls, NY — $41,090 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $41,100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $41,150 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $41,360 Bloomington, IL — $41,410 Baton Rouge, LA — $41,450 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $41,580 Santa Fe, NM — $41,580 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $41,590 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $41,600 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $41,600 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $41,600 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $41,600 Jackson, MI — $41,610 Toledo, OH — $41,640 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $41,690 Albuquerque, NM — $41,710 Paducah, KY-IL — $41,720 Richmond, VA — $41,720 Dubuque, IA — $41,810 Jacksonville, FL — $41,840 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $41,870 Corpus Christi, TX — $41,880 Ocala, FL — $41,920 Iowa City, IA — $42,030 Kankakee, IL — $42,030 Joplin, MO-KS — $42,050 Reading, PA — $42,080 Rochester, NY — $42,090 Odessa, TX — $42,160 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $42,170 Albany, GA — $42,180 Bloomington, IN — $42,180 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $42,200 Elmira, NY — $42,220 Flint, MI — $42,260 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $42,260 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $42,290 Casper, WY — $42,300 Clarksville, TN-KY — $42,420 Columbus, IN — $42,470 Charlottesville, VA — $42,520 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $42,640 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $42,640 Waco, TX — $42,640 Traverse City, MI — $42,650 Pittsfield, MA — $42,680 Pittsburgh, PA — $42,700 Columbia, MO — $42,710 Battle Creek, MI — $42,740 Morristown, TN — $42,740 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $42,740 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $42,750 Farmington, NM — $42,780 Elizabethtown, KY — $42,790 Jefferson City, MO — $42,790 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $42,790 Huntsville, AL — $42,800 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $42,810 Midland, MI — $42,850 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $42,860 Charleston, WV — $42,890 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $42,890 Lawrence, KS — $42,960 Topeka, KS — $42,970 Logan, UT-ID — $42,990 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $43,080 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $43,110 Appleton, WI — $43,120 Evansville, IN — $43,130 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $43,150 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $43,160 Cleveland, OH — $43,160 Fresno, CA — $43,170 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $43,200 Rapid City, SD — $43,250 Tucson, AZ — $43,260 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $43,300 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $43,310 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $43,320 El Centro, CA — $43,380 Bangor, ME — $43,420 Peoria, IL — $43,440 Cedar Rapids, IA — $43,450 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $43,490 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $43,490 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $43,580 St. George, UT — $43,600 Fort Wayne, IN — $43,650 Jackson, TN — $43,660 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $43,680 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $43,780 Columbus, OH — $43,800 Modesto, CA — $43,800 Springfield, MO — $43,800 Springfield, IL — $43,830 Lancaster, PA — $43,870 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $43,920 Reno, NV — $43,930 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $43,940 Ann Arbor, MI — $43,960 Grand Junction, CO — $43,960 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $44,050 Lincoln, NE — $44,050 Pueblo, CO — $44,050 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $44,050 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $44,070 Redding, CA — $44,120 Savannah, GA — $44,150 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $44,180 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $44,200 New Haven, CT — $44,200 Syracuse, NY — $44,200 Merced, CA — $44,250 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $44,280 Saginaw, MI — $44,360 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $44,370 Boise City, ID — $44,400 Eau Claire, WI — $44,400 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $44,580 Carson City, NV — $44,620 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $44,620 Kenosha, WI — $44,710 Killeen-Temple, TX — $44,750 Albany, OR — $44,870 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $44,870 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $44,920 Grand Island, NE — $44,920 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $44,960 Ogden, UT — $44,960 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $44,970 Omaha, NE-IA — $45,080 Duluth, MN-WI — $45,100 Green Bay, WI — $45,100 Vineland, NJ — $45,120 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $45,130 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $45,180 Corvallis, OR — $45,200 Kansas City, MO-KS — $45,290 Mankato, MN — $45,440 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $45,460 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $45,470 Yakima, WA — $45,490 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $45,560 Wausau, WI — $45,560 Punta Gorda, FL — $45,580 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $45,590 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $45,670 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $45,740 Cleveland, TN — $45,760 Great Falls, MT — $45,790 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $45,790 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $45,790 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $45,800 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $45,820 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $45,820 Urban Honolulu, HI — $45,860 Medford, OR — $45,880 Muncie, IN — $45,900 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $45,900 Salinas, CA — $45,970 York-Hanover, PA — $45,980 Chico, CA — $45,990 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $45,990 Springfield, MA — $45,990 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $46,010 Colorado Springs, CO — $46,020 Sheboygan, WI — $46,040 Madison, WI — $46,120 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $46,200 Billings, MT — $46,210 Missoula, MT — $46,270 Portland-South Portland, ME — $46,270 Greeley, CO — $46,280 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $46,320 St. Cloud, MN — $46,330 Salem, OR — $46,330 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $46,340 Yuba City, CA — $46,350 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $46,360 Bend, OR — $46,380 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $46,430 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $46,470 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $46,490 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $46,490 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $46,500 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $46,510 Walla Walla, WA — $46,520 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $46,570 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $46,570 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $46,600 Vallejo, CA — $46,700 Visalia, CA — $46,720 Worcester, MA — $46,750 Flagstaff, AZ — $46,860 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $46,950 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $46,990 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $47,150 St. Louis, MO-IL — $47,150 Fargo, ND-MN — $47,170 Midland, TX — $47,330 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $47,360 Helena, MT — $47,380 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $47,430 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $47,440 Rochester, MN — $47,460 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $47,510 Grants Pass, OR — $47,580 Napa, CA — $47,590 Decatur, IL — $47,660 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $47,720 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $47,780 Lewiston, ID-WA — $47,860 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $47,880 Salisbury, MD — $47,880 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $47,910 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $47,950 Gainesville, GA — $48,010 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $48,020 Minot, ND — $48,050 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $48,080 Bismarck, ND — $48,090 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $48,220 Rockford, IL — $48,240 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $48,350 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $48,560 Bellingham, WA — $48,720 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $48,740 Bozeman, MT — $48,780 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $49,360 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $49,410 Barnstable Town, MA — $49,480 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $49,590 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $49,630 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $49,670 Longview-Kelso, WA — $49,970 Boulder, CO — $49,990 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $49,990 Dalton, GA — $50,340 Fairbanks-College, AK — $50,480 Kokomo, IN — $50,790 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $50,820 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $50,870 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $52,100 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $53,190 Anchorage, AK — $57,250 Cedar Rapids 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 Cedar Rapids metro area has the 163rd-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 Iowa Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for light truck drivers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Cedar Rapids metro areathis page
$43,450 median for Cedar Rapids metro area; middle half earns $37,440 to $60,760
$46,200 median for Davenport metro area; middle half earns $35,370 to $55,140
$43,200 median for Des Moines metro area; middle half earns $39,120 to $44,460
$43,080 median for Sioux City metro area; middle half earns $35,400 to $50,520
$42,030 median for Iowa City metro area; middle half earns $38,070 to $42,740
$41,810 median for Dubuque metro area; middle half earns $38,020 to $45,050
$41,150 median for Waterloo metro area; middle half earns $36,520 to $45,090
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers $58,900 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand $43,300 Stockers and Order Fillers $36,840 First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors $59,730 Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators $47,560 Packers and Packagers, Hand $29,870 Highest-paying metro areas for light truck driverss · Highest-paying occupations in Cedar Rapids 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 .