- Some truck drivers have been enjoying pay raises recently.
- Some states are more lucrative than others for truckers.
- Truck driver salary is highest in Alaska, where they earned a median wage of $56,250 last year.
Truck driver salaries have been on the up and up for some truckers in 2018.
Nearly 50% of all truckers in the National Transportation Institute’s quarterly survey on trucker pay received salary bumps in 2018, according to Gordon Klemp, principal of the National Transportation Institute. Last year, only 11% did.
America’s nearly 1.8 million tractor-trailer truck drivers earned a median income of $44,500 nationwide in 2017, according to the Bureau of Labr Statistics.
Truck driver salary is highest in Alaska, where they earned a median of $56,250 last year. In comparison, in West Virginia, truckers earned a median of $38,580 – the lowest nationwide.
Business Insider gathered the median income in each state for long-haul truck drivers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and ranked them in ascending order. Take a look below to see how well your state pays its truck drivers.
West Virginia: $38,580
Number of long-haul truckers: 11,010
Alabama: $40,080
Number of long-haul truckers: 30,720
Arkansas: $40,620
Number of long-haul truckers: 32,640
Maine: $40,670
Number of long-haul truckers: 8,800
Mississippi: $40,780
Number of long-haul truckers: 22,570
South Dakota: $40,850
Number of long-haul truckers: 7,820
Florida: $41,150
Number of long-haul truckers: 85,390
Tennessee: $41,510
Number of long-haul truckers: 60,350
Louisiana: $41,800
Number of long-haul truckers: 21,190
Michigan: $42,180
Number of long-haul truckers: 55,560
South Carolina: $42,260
Number of long-haul truckers: 27,610
North Carolina: $42,490
Number of long-haul truckers: 55,430
Georgia: $42,510
Number of long-haul truckers: 56,450
Delaware: $42,550
Number of long-haul truckers: 4,110
Iowa: $42,570
Number of long-haul truckers: 38,110
Virginia: $42,780
Number of long-haul truckers: 41,150
Oklahoma: $43,130
Number of long-haul truckers: 24,680
Kentucky: $43,430
Number of long-haul truckers: 25,210
Missouri: $43,480
Number of long-haul truckers: 43,600
Nebraska: $43,590
Number of long-haul truckers: 26,540
Ohio: $43,990
Number of long-haul truckers: 74,310
Vermont: $44,190
Number of long-haul truckers: 3,370
Idaho: $44,250
Number of long-haul truckers: 11,810
Texas: $44,260
Number of long-haul truckers: 182,370
Kansas: $44,300
Number of long-haul truckers: 20,410
Wisconsin: $44,330
Number of long-haul truckers: 48,400
New Hampshire: $44,370
Number of long-haul truckers: 48,400
Arizona: $44,640
Number of long-haul truckers: 23,030
Montana: $44,700
Number of long-haul truckers: 6,420
New Mexico: $44,860
Number of long-haul truckers: 9,940
Utah: $45,500
Number of long-haul truckers: 23,500
California: $45,560
Number of long-haul truckers: 137,930
Oregon: $45,600
Number of long-haul truckers: 23,290
Pennsylvania: $46,150
Number of long-haul truckers: 80,810
Indiana: $46,270
Number of long-haul truckers: 51,830
Minnesota: $46,570
Number of long-haul truckers: 35,420
Rhode Island: $46,600
Number of long-haul truckers: 3,220
Colorado: $46,960
Number of long-haul truckers: 21,990
Washington: $46,990
Number of long-haul truckers: 32,030
Maryland: $47,230
Number of long-haul truckers: 23,640
Illinois: $47,730
Number of long-haul truckers: 70,920
New Jersey: $48,290
Number of long-haul truckers: 45,650
New York: $48,460
Number of long-haul truckers: 58,870
Connecticut: $48,530
Number of long-haul truckers: 12,940
Hawaii: $49,050
Number of long-haul truckers: 3,290
Wyoming: $49,420
Number of long-haul truckers: 5,910
District of Columbia: $50,250
Number of long-haul truckers: 510
Nevada: $50,440
Number of long-haul truckers: 11,630
Massachusetts: $50,580
Number of long-haul truckers: 25,790
North Dakota: $53,020
Number of long-haul truckers: 11,000
Alaska: $56,250
Number of long-haul truckers: 2,640