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Employment Overview

About 1,860,000 professional truck drivers are employed nationally. Workers can expect a high level of unemployment, if history can be used as a guide. In 2006, 4% of employees could not find jobs.

Flexibility

Some professional truck drivers, about 9%, work for themselves. Part-time workers are 7% of all surveyed.

Education

Employees often obtain moderate-term on-the-job training before starting. The percentage of professional truck drivers with college degrees is 4%. Workers with some college (less than a bachelor's degree) represent about 25% of the total. Some employees, about 71%, had a high-school education.

Local Outlook

Popular locations for professional truck drivers include Fayetteville (Arkansas), Joplin (Missouri), and Laredo (Texas). Fewer are found in Trenton (New Jersey), Boulder (Colorado), and San Francisco (California). Workers looking for high salaries should look at Taunton (Massachusetts), Nassau (New York), and Fayetteville (Arkansas), and should avoid Panama City (Florida), Florence (Alabama), and Hot Springs (Arkansas).

Detailed local employment conditions for Professional Truck Drivers in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.


Local Jobs Info for Professional Truck Drivers

Employment info for Professional Truck Drivers, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

StateCity and SurroundingsMarket StrengthWorkersMedian Wage
AlabamaAnniston1.4700$36,000
AlabamaAuburn1.4630$28,000
AlabamaBirmingham1.368,220$39,000
AlabamaDecatur2.881,580$35,000
AlabamaDothan2.181,500$40,000
AlabamaFlorence1.38730$28,000
AlabamaGadsden2.63840$35,000
AlabamaHuntsville0.811,800$37,000
AlabamaMobile1.583,160$38,000
AlabamaMontgomery1.312,470$36,000
AlabamaTuscaloosa1.411,220$32,000
AlaskaAnchorage0.851,510$43,000
AlaskaFairbanks1.68520$46,000
ArizonaFlagstaff0.68370$36,000
ArizonaPhoenix0.7717,360$39,000
ArizonaPrescott0.77510$35,000
ArizonaTucson0.612,650$38,000
ArizonaYuma1.611,020$28,000
ArkansasFayetteville5.6412,550$43,000
ArkansasFort Smith4.295,430$39,000
ArkansasHot Springs0.75270$24,000
ArkansasJonesboro1.94950$28,000
ArkansasLittle Rock1.796,850$35,000
ArkansasPine Bluff1.23420$28,000
CaliforniaBakersfield1.614,790$37,000
CaliforniaChico0.73560$36,000
CaliforniaEl Centro1.33680$33,000
CaliforniaFresno1.074,070$37,000
CaliforniaHanford2650$34,000
CaliforniaLos Angeles0.6230,700$39,000
CaliforniaMadera1.23430$36,000
CaliforniaMerced1.771,090$41,000
CaliforniaModesto1.73,130$38,000
CaliforniaNapa0.4260$44,000
CaliforniaOakland0.839,980$42,000
CaliforniaOxnard0.561,950$39,000
CaliforniaRedding1.961,390$34,000
CaliforniaRiverside1.4422,210$43,000
CaliforniaSacramento0.717,570$40,000
CaliforniaSalinas0.791,340$36,000
CaliforniaSan Diego0.57,790$41,000
CaliforniaSan Francisco0.273,070$44,000
CaliforniaSan Jose0.373,980$40,000
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo0.77870$39,000
CaliforniaSanta Ana0.498,880$40,000
CaliforniaSanta Barbara0.49910$35,000
CaliforniaSanta Cruz0.84780$41,000
CaliforniaSanta Rosa0.91,950$38,000
CaliforniaStockton2.235,310$40,000
CaliforniaVallejo11,360$39,000
CaliforniaVisalia1.42,110$34,000
CaliforniaYuba City1.46600$38,000
ColoradoBoulder0.28500$34,000
ColoradoColorado Springs0.571,670$35,000
ColoradoDenver0.8913,050$41,000
ColoradoFort Collins0.71960$43,000
ColoradoGrand Junction1.751,050$36,000
ColoradoGreeley2.161,730$38,000
ColoradoPueblo0.76410$31,000
ConnecticutBridgeport0.452,300$42,000
ConnecticutDanbury0.95700$40,000
ConnecticutHartford0.593,920$44,000
ConnecticutNew Haven0.892,830$42,000
ConnecticutNorwich0.73980$37,000
ConnecticutWaterbury0.73540$39,000
DelawareDover1.26740$34,000
DelawareWilmington0.933,510$40,000
District of ColumbiaWashington0.4712,750$38,000
FloridaCape Coral0.651,590$32,000
FloridaDeltona0.771,380$36,000
FloridaFort Lauderdale0.595,200$33,000
FloridaFort Walton Beach0.36310$28,000
FloridaGainesville0.63760$33,000
FloridaJacksonville1.319,370$36,000
FloridaLakeland2.676,020$37,000
FloridaMiami0.718,330$34,000
FloridaNaples0.721,020$33,000
FloridaOcala1.71,780$31,000
FloridaOrlando0.911,240$35,000
FloridaPalm Bay0.551,240$32,000
FloridaPanama City0.91670$27,000
FloridaPensacola1.131,970$30,000
FloridaPort St Lucie0.721,050$33,000
FloridaPunta Gorda1.08440$33,000
FloridaSarasota0.752,430$34,000
FloridaSebastian0.51250$36,000
FloridaTallahassee0.661,210$29,000
FloridaTampa0.7410,970$35,000
FloridaWest Palm Beach0.493,220$34,000
GeorgiaAlbany1.91,180$32,000
GeorgiaAthens1790$32,000
GeorgiaAtlanta1.1432,260$40,000
GeorgiaAugusta0.92,070$33,000
GeorgiaBrunswick2800$34,000
GeorgiaColumbus0.831,010$30,000
GeorgiaDalton2.061,710$34,000
GeorgiaGainesville1.771,210$36,000
GeorgiaHinesville1.65170$31,000
GeorgiaMacon1.091,170$34,000
GeorgiaRome1.15420$30,000
GeorgiaSavannah1.312,220$35,000
GeorgiaValdosta1.82920$35,000
GeorgiaWarner Robins0.54270$34,000
HawaiiHonolulu0.452,200$39,000
IdahoBoise1.474,510$32,000
IdahoCoeur Dalene1.32680$33,000
IdahoIdaho Falls2.81,350$29,000
IdahoLewiston2410$38,000
IdahoPocatello1.84560$33,000
IllinoisBloomington1.721,190$42,000
IllinoisChampaign1.081,010$31,000
IllinoisChicago0.9844,480$45,000
IllinoisDanville2.3550$44,000
IllinoisDecatur2.06970$38,000
IllinoisKankakee1.79690$42,000
IllinoisPeoria1.753,230$32,000
IllinoisRockford1.061,770$42,000
IllinoisSpringfield0.66730$39,000
IndianaAnderson1.97750$41,000
IndianaBloomington1.15840$35,000
IndianaColumbus2.861,180$37,000
IndianaElkhart1.341,930$37,000
IndianaEvansville1.593,110$34,000
IndianaFort Wayne1.754,260$40,000
IndianaGary26,410$42,000
IndianaIndianapolis1.6417,030$37,000
IndianaKokomo1.48670$36,000
IndianaLafayette1.621,280$35,000
IndianaMichigan City1.73750$43,000
IndianaMuncie0.86420$32,000
IndianaSouth Bend1.312,010$38,000
IndianaTerre Haute1.51,070$35,000
IowaAmes0.84320$31,000
IowaCedar Rapids3.695,480$40,000
IowaDavenport1.452,930$37,000
IowaDes Moines1.636,020$39,000
IowaDubuque1.831,000$35,000
IowaSioux City2.081,540$34,000
IowaWaterloo1.61,390$35,000
KansasLawrence0.57250$33,000
KansasTopeka0.911,070$29,000
KansasWichita0.973,350$36,000
KentuckyBowling Green1.16660$31,000
KentuckyElizabethtown1.49650$37,000
KentuckyLexington1.33,600$36,000
KentuckyLouisville1.6111,460$37,000
KentuckyOwensboro1.36660$32,000
LouisianaAlexandria1.57950$31,000
LouisianaBaton Rouge0.953,930$33,000
LouisianaHouma1.21,200$28,000
LouisianaLafayette1.261,900$31,000
LouisianaLake Charles1.461,360$35,000
LouisianaMonroe1810$30,000
LouisianaNew Orleans0.915,310$34,000
LouisianaShreveport1.272,390$34,000
MaineBangor2.541,700$36,000
MaineLewiston1.71850$36,000
MainePortland1.22,670$35,000
MarylandBaltimore0.8312,650$40,000
MarylandBethesda0.372,440$38,000
MarylandCumberland1.26440$30,000
MarylandHagerstown1.952,120$39,000
MarylandSalisbury1.38730$34,000
MassachusettsBarnstable Town0.89960$41,000
MassachusettsBoston0.428,460$43,000
MassachusettsBrockton1.451,360$39,000
MassachusettsFramingham0.52920$41,000
MassachusettsHaverhill0.86710$38,000
MassachusettsLawrence0.54330$48,000
MassachusettsLeominster0.9460$39,000
MassachusettsLowell1.291,670$46,000
MassachusettsLynn0.49530$35,000
MassachusettsNew Bedford1.22790$39,000
MassachusettsPittsfield0.93330$34,000
MassachusettsSpringfield1.244,300$40,000
MassachusettsTaunton2.191,040$48,000
MassachusettsWorcester0.972,790$44,000
MichiganAnn Arbor0.541,030$38,000
MichiganBattle Creek0.86440$34,000
MichiganBay City1.85610$36,000
MichiganDetroit1.2711,030$41,000
MichiganFlint0.47740$37,000
MichiganGrand Rapids1.25,300$40,000
MichiganHolland1.421,640$40,000
MichiganJackson1.2680$35,000
MichiganKalamazoo1.151,800$34,000
MichiganLansing0.731,640$36,000
MichiganMonroe2.06810$40,000
MichiganMuskegon0.74480$31,000
MichiganNiles0.93590$31,000
MichiganSaginaw0.96830$40,000
MichiganWarren0.811,040$41,000
MinnesotaDuluth1.442,020$40,000
MinnesotaMinneapolis0.8317,690$41,000
MinnesotaRochester1.291,140$38,000
MinnesotaSt Cloud1.721,830$37,000
MississippiGulfport0.86980$35,000
MississippiHattiesburg1.18710$35,000
MississippiJackson1.74,880$38,000
MississippiPascagoula0.73320$28,000
MissouriColumbia0.84730$34,000
MissouriJefferson City0.98720$32,000
MissouriJoplin4.94,060$34,000
MissouriKansas City1.2815,360$40,000
MissouriSpringfield2.435,290$38,000
MissouriSt Joseph1.64800$33,000
MissouriSt Louis1.0616,960$40,000
MontanaBillings1.551,330$35,000
MontanaGreat Falls1.34450$33,000
MontanaMissoula1.37750$38,000
NebraskaOmaha3.1316,580$40,000
NevadaCarson City0.6170$36,000
NevadaLas Vegas0.677,440$41,000
NevadaReno1.553,810$42,000
New HampshireManchester1.021,100$39,000
New HampshireNashua0.951,450$43,000
New HampshirePortsmouth0.63380$39,000
New HampshireRochester0.92520$37,000
New JerseyAtlantic City0.43670$39,000
New JerseyCamden1.197,380$44,000
New JerseyEdison0.9110,910$41,000
New JerseyNewark0.9811,660$40,000
New JerseyOcean City0.51210$39,000
New JerseyTrenton0.34840$40,000
New JerseyVineland2.41,440$42,000
New MexicoAlbuquerque0.964,280$39,000
New MexicoFarmington2.431,280$36,000
New MexicoLas Cruces0.44270$26,000
New MexicoSanta Fe0.38210$32,000
New YorkAlbany0.934,670$44,000
New YorkBinghamton1.041,240$33,000
New YorkBuffalo0.925,690$35,000
New YorkElmira0.7260$37,000
New YorkGlens Falls0.81420$34,000
New YorkIthaca0.53210$34,000
New YorkKingston0.68420$36,000
New YorkNassau0.618,880$47,000
New YorkNew York0.4426,180$44,000
New YorkPoughkeepsie0.932,540$44,000
New YorkRochester0.63,500$34,000
New YorkSyracuse1.34,510$39,000
New YorkUtica0.941,310$35,000
North CarolinaAsheville1.122,230$35,000
North CarolinaBurlington1.35810$34,000
North CarolinaCharlotte1.1812,020$41,000
North CarolinaDurham0.381,140$39,000
North CarolinaFayetteville1.11,430$38,000
North CarolinaGoldsboro1.18470$27,000
North CarolinaGreensboro1.56,470$37,000
North CarolinaGreenville0.49360$30,000
North CarolinaHickory2.184,080$41,000
North CarolinaJacksonville0.64250$30,000
North CarolinaRaleigh0.744,350$36,000
North CarolinaRocky Mount1.731,070$41,000
North CarolinaWilmington0.771,210$39,000
North CarolinaWinston Salem1.253,070$38,000
North DakotaBismarck1.51860$30,000
North DakotaFargo1.541,930$36,000
North DakotaGrand Forks1.991,010$33,000
OhioAkron1.24,650$37,000
OhioCanton1.12,110$37,000
OhioCincinnati1.0112,270$38,000
OhioCleveland0.9812,280$40,000
OhioColumbus1.0211,000$38,000
OhioDayton1.165,310$39,000
OhioLima1.66920$38,000
OhioMansfield1.03550$44,000
OhioSandusky1.94670$37,000
OhioSpringfield2.161,070$33,000
OhioToledo1.485,500$40,000
OhioYoungstown1.453,930$39,000
OklahomaLawton1.31470$30,000
OklahomaOklahoma City1.228,050$36,000
OklahomaTulsa1.095,360$35,000
OregonBend0.88640$37,000
OregonCorvallis0.68200$39,000
OregonEugene1.121,860$32,000
OregonMedford1.791,600$35,000
OregonPortland1.0913,340$38,000
OregonSalem1.282,110$35,000
PennsylvaniaAllentown1.284,900$40,000
PennsylvaniaAltoona2.711,720$35,000
PennsylvaniaErie0.941,340$33,000
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1.876,420$44,000
PennsylvaniaJohnstown1.45870$37,000
PennsylvaniaLancaster1.724,540$41,000
PennsylvaniaLebanon1.43650$39,000
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia0.6814,880$40,000
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh0.9712,990$38,000
PennsylvaniaReading1.552,830$37,000
PennsylvaniaScranton1.494,410$37,000
PennsylvaniaState College0.99610$34,000
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport1.03530$37,000
PennsylvaniaYork1.963,930$39,000
Rhode IslandProvidence0.694,690$39,000
South CarolinaAnderson1610$30,000
South CarolinaCharleston0.923,050$34,000
South CarolinaColumbia0.823,280$37,000
South CarolinaFlorence1.581,480$36,000
South CarolinaGreenville1.65,620$42,000
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach0.811,050$31,000
South CarolinaSpartanburg1.962,650$35,000
South CarolinaSumter1.65560$34,000
South DakotaRapid City1.711,090$32,000
South DakotaSioux Falls1.82,680$34,000
TennesseeClarksville1.13920$28,000
TennesseeCleveland1.82680$37,000
TennesseeJackson2.541,410$36,000
TennesseeJohnson City0.97780$34,000
TennesseeKingsport1.772,190$35,000
TennesseeKnoxville1.897,210$35,000
TennesseeMemphis2.2516,530$41,000
TennesseeMorristown2.981,410$39,000
TennesseeNashville1.7115,300$39,000
TexasAbilene1.46910$35,000
TexasAmarillo1.441,550$36,000
TexasAustin0.534,620$33,000
TexasBeaumont1.131,970$31,000
TexasBrownsville0.891,180$30,000
TexasCollege Station1.12930$33,000
TexasCorpus Christi0.921,770$30,000
TexasDallas1.1828,840$40,000
TexasEl Paso1.965,750$39,000
TexasFort Worth1.0910,590$36,000
TexasHouston1.0230,210$35,000
TexasKilleen1.151,440$30,000
TexasLaredo4.323,650$32,000
TexasLongview1.821,780$31,000
TexasLubbock1.181,480$32,000
TexasMcallen1.764,160$29,000
TexasMidland21,280$33,000
TexasOdessa2.291,270$35,000
TexasSan Angelo0.54210$31,000
TexasSan Antonio0.928,740$31,000
TexasSherman1.08430$33,000
TexasTexarkana1.93980$32,000
TexasTyler1.341,300$36,000
TexasVictoria1.56740$33,000
TexasWaco1.461,520$35,000
TexasWichita Falls1.47840$32,000
UtahLogan1.54650$31,000
UtahOgden1.322,840$44,000
UtahProvo0.861,620$38,000
UtahSalt Lake City1.4610,380$38,000
UtahSt George1.73860$36,000
VermontBurlington0.861,020$37,000
VirginiaBlacksburg1.18680$34,000
VirginiaCharlottesville0.65660$31,000
VirginiaDanville1.37480$34,000
VirginiaHarrisonburg2.421,350$36,000
VirginiaLynchburg1.181,300$32,000
VirginiaRichmond1.137,990$38,000
VirginiaRoanoke1.452,550$36,000
VirginiaVirginia Beach0.797,030$34,000
VirginiaWinchester1.881,020$37,000
WashingtonBellingham1.221,020$38,000
WashingtonBremerton0.56470$39,000
WashingtonKennewick1.341,240$41,000
WashingtonLongview2.23740$40,000
WashingtonMount Vernon1.41610$40,000
WashingtonOlympia0.8810$42,000
WashingtonSeattle0.7312,310$41,000
WashingtonSpokane1.22,830$38,000
WashingtonTacoma1.394,280$40,000
WashingtonWenatchee1.43580$36,000
WashingtonYakima1.671,430$36,000
West VirginiaCharleston1.692,730$32,000
West VirginiaHuntington1.151,420$32,000
West VirginiaMorgantown1.22630$32,000
West VirginiaParkersburg1.631,180$30,000
West VirginiaWeirton1.27520$33,000
West VirginiaWheeling1.491,010$31,000
WisconsinAppleton1.321,660$37,000
WisconsinEau Claire1.03820$34,000
WisconsinFond1.79760$35,000
WisconsinGreen Bay2.434,480$36,000
WisconsinJanesville2.131,490$36,000
WisconsinLa Crosse1.341,000$36,000
WisconsinMadison0.782,950$40,000
WisconsinMilwaukee0.919,120$38,000
WisconsinOshkosh1.631,440$41,000
WisconsinRacine1.381,130$43,000
WisconsinSheboygan1.39820$39,000
WisconsinWausau2.271,620$42,000
WyomingCasper2.24810$42,000
WyomingCheyenne1.45570$33,000

 

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