Best States For a Truck Driver
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Here Are the Best States for Truck Drivers In 2023:
1. Kentucky
1. KentuckyTotal Truck Driver Jobs:6,466 Average Annual Salary: $68,557 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $46,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $101,000 Location Quotient: 2.032. Pennsylvania
2. PennsylvaniaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:14,369 Average Annual Salary: $68,232 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $45,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $101,000 Location Quotient: 1.433. Indiana
3. IndianaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:9,598 Average Annual Salary: $67,338 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $45,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $98,000 Location Quotient: 1.694. Delaware
4. DelawareTotal Truck Driver Jobs:1,484 Average Annual Salary: $70,901 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $47,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $106,000 Location Quotient: 1.375. Mississippi
5. MississippiTotal Truck Driver Jobs:3,254 Average Annual Salary: $66,365 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $44,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $99,000 Location Quotient: 1.78Are There Any Particularly Good Places In The United States For Truck Drivers To Find Work Opportunities?
MMartin Garsee
Executive Director, NAPFTDS
Many over the road trucking companies will hire you from any location in the 48 contiguous states. Companies that have more set routes in a region of the country, will only hire in that region. Most companies, on their website, have a hiring area located. Where there is a dense population, there are more jobs available. Where there is a port, there are jobs that have to get the goods from the port to a warehouse for distribution, which may be local or hundreds of miles away. Where there is a concentration of manufacturing, raw material has to be brought in and completed products have to be shipped to their final destination.
In large cities there are a lot of delivery jobs to retail outlets. Show more6. Ohio
6. OhioTotal Truck Driver Jobs:15,146 Average Annual Salary: $65,665 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $44,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $96,000 Location Quotient: 1.727. Oklahoma
7. OklahomaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:3,032 Average Annual Salary: $67,261 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $45,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $99,000 Location Quotient: 1.148. Rhode Island
8. Rhode IslandTotal Truck Driver Jobs:671 Average Annual Salary: $70,834 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $47,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $105,000 Location Quotient: 0.649. Wisconsin
9. WisconsinTotal Truck Driver Jobs:5,493 Average Annual Salary: $66,857 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $45,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $97,000 Location Quotient: 1.1510. Arkansas
10. ArkansasTotal Truck Driver Jobs:2,518 Average Annual Salary: $65,794 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $44,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $97,000 Location Quotient: 1.11Truck Driver JobsNear Ashburn, VA
11. Vermont
11. VermontTotal Truck Driver Jobs:548 Average Annual Salary: $69,340 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $46,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $103,000 Location Quotient: 0.8312. Nevada
12. NevadaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:1,174 Average Annual Salary: $69,012 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $43,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $108,000 Location Quotient: 0.6513. New Hampshire
13. New HampshireTotal Truck Driver Jobs:751 Average Annual Salary: $69,288 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $46,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $103,000 Location Quotient: 0.514. Georgia
14. GeorgiaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:11,270 Average Annual Salary: $66,979 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $44,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $100,000 Location Quotient: 1.2615. Connecticut
15. ConnecticutTotal Truck Driver Jobs:1,995 Average Annual Salary: $70,082 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $46,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $104,000 Location Quotient: 0.716. Missouri
16. MissouriTotal Truck Driver Jobs:7,446 Average Annual Salary: $65,648 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $44,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $96,000 Location Quotient: 1.4717. Wyoming
17. WyomingTotal Truck Driver Jobs:561 Average Annual Salary: $65,149 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $43,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $96,000 Location Quotient: 1.0918. North Carolina
18. North CarolinaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:8,181 Average Annual Salary: $65,096 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $43,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $97,000 Location Quotient: 0.9919. Iowa
19. IowaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:5,212 Average Annual Salary: $63,473 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $43,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $92,000 Location Quotient: 1.6620. Kansas
20. KansasTotal Truck Driver Jobs:3,467 Average Annual Salary: $64,531 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $43,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $94,000 Location Quotient: 1.33Truck Driver Jobs In The Top 10 States
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21. Maryland
21. MarylandTotal Truck Driver Jobs:5,113 Average Annual Salary: $67,819 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $45,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $101,000 Location Quotient: 0.9322. New Jersey
22. New JerseyTotal Truck Driver Jobs:3,913 Average Annual Salary: $70,043 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $46,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $104,000 Location Quotient: 0.5723. New York
23. New YorkTotal Truck Driver Jobs:6,576 Average Annual Salary: $69,847 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $46,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $104,000 Location Quotient: 0.5924. South Carolina
24. South CarolinaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:6,790 Average Annual Salary: $63,692 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $42,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $95,000 Location Quotient: 1.7625. Alabama
25. AlabamaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:5,081 Average Annual Salary: $63,414 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $42,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $94,000 Location Quotient: 1.3426. Minnesota
26. MinnesotaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:4,842 Average Annual Salary: $65,995 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $45,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $96,000 Location Quotient: 0.8527. West Virginia
27. West VirginiaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:3,146 Average Annual Salary: $61,668 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $41,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $91,000 Location Quotient: 2.3928. District of Columbia
28. District of ColumbiaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:155 Average Annual Salary: $71,360 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $47,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $106,000 Location Quotient: 0.1129. North Dakota
29. North DakotaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:365 Average Annual Salary: $65,342 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $44,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $94,000 Location Quotient: 0.4630. Michigan
30. MichiganTotal Truck Driver Jobs:6,462 Average Annual Salary: $63,047 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $42,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $92,000 Location Quotient: 0.9731. Tennessee
31. TennesseeTotal Truck Driver Jobs:7,059 Average Annual Salary: $60,653 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $40,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $89,000 Location Quotient: 1.3932. Illinois
32. IllinoisTotal Truck Driver Jobs:16,478 Average Annual Salary: $61,732 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $42,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $90,000 Location Quotient: 1.633. New Mexico
33. New MexicoTotal Truck Driver Jobs:1,962 Average Annual Salary: $61,479 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $40,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $92,000 Location Quotient: 1.1634. Virginia
34. VirginiaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:7,522 Average Annual Salary: $64,083 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $42,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $95,000 Location Quotient: 0.9235. South Dakota
35. South DakotaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:560 Average Annual Salary: $62,449 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $42,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $91,000 Location Quotient: 0.6136. Louisiana
36. LouisianaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:4,325 Average Annual Salary: $58,551 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $39,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $87,000 Location Quotient: 1.5737. Massachusetts
37. MassachusettsTotal Truck Driver Jobs:2,643 Average Annual Salary: $65,144 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $43,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $97,000 Location Quotient: 0.3338. California
38. CaliforniaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:22,701 Average Annual Salary: $62,190 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $39,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $99,000 Location Quotient: 0.939. Maine
39. MaineTotal Truck Driver Jobs:717 Average Annual Salary: $62,971 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $42,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $94,000 Location Quotient: 0.6340. Arizona
40. ArizonaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:3,755 Average Annual Salary: $60,400 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $39,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $93,000 Location Quotient: 0.7441. Utah
41. UtahTotal Truck Driver Jobs:1,808 Average Annual Salary: $60,538 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $39,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $92,000 Location Quotient: 0.6642. Washington
42. WashingtonTotal Truck Driver Jobs:3,222 Average Annual Salary: $61,194 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $38,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $96,000 Location Quotient: 0.5143. Nebraska
43. NebraskaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:1,519 Average Annual Salary: $54,316 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $37,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $79,000 Location Quotient: 0.7944. Montana
44. MontanaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:717 Average Annual Salary: $56,810 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $37,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $85,000 Location Quotient: 0.7245. Colorado
45. ColoradoTotal Truck Driver Jobs:3,312 Average Annual Salary: $58,278 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $39,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $86,000 Location Quotient: 0.6546. Oregon
46. OregonTotal Truck Driver Jobs:2,585 Average Annual Salary: $53,050 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $33,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $84,000 Location Quotient: 0.7247. Texas
47. TexasTotal Truck Driver Jobs:12,691 Average Annual Salary: $50,414 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $33,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $75,000 Location Quotient: 0.7348. Idaho
48. IdahoTotal Truck Driver Jobs:1,320 Average Annual Salary: $47,833 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $30,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $74,000 Location Quotient: 0.9349. Florida
49. FloridaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:6,139 Average Annual Salary: $56,563 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $37,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $84,000 Location Quotient: 0.4650. Alaska
50. AlaskaTotal Truck Driver Jobs:149 Average Annual Salary: $47,735 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $38,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $59,000 Location Quotient: 0.2151. Hawaii
51. HawaiiTotal Truck Driver Jobs:154 Average Annual Salary: $44,475 Lowest 10 Percent Earn: $33,000 Highest 10 Percent Earn: $59,000 Location Quotient: 0.21
How We Determined The Best States To Be A Truck Driver
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Detailed List Of The Best States For A Truck Driver
| Rank | State | Average Salary | Lowest 10% Earn | Population | Job Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky | $68,557 | $46,000 | 4,454,189 | 6,466 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | $68,232 | $45,000 | 12,805,537 | 14,369 |
| 3 | Indiana | $67,338 | $45,000 | 6,666,818 | 9,598 |
| 4 | Delaware | $70,901 | $47,000 | 961,939 | 1,484 |
| 5 | Mississippi | $66,365 | $44,000 | 2,984,100 | 3,254 |
| 6 | Ohio | $65,665 | $44,000 | 11,658,609 | 15,146 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | $67,261 | $45,000 | 3,930,864 | 3,032 |
| 8 | Rhode Island | $70,834 | $47,000 | 1,059,639 | 671 |
| 9 | Wisconsin | $66,857 | $45,000 | 5,795,483 | 5,493 |
| 10 | Arkansas | $65,794 | $44,000 | 3,004,279 | 2,518 |
| 11 | Vermont | $69,340 | $46,000 | 623,657 | 548 |
| 12 | Nevada | $69,012 | $43,000 | 2,998,039 | 1,174 |
| 13 | New Hampshire | $69,288 | $46,000 | 1,342,795 | 751 |
| 14 | Georgia | $66,979 | $44,000 | 10,429,379 | 11,270 |
| 15 | Connecticut | $70,082 | $46,000 | 3,588,184 | 1,995 |
| 16 | Missouri | $65,648 | $44,000 | 6,113,532 | 7,446 |
| 17 | Wyoming | $65,149 | $43,000 | 579,315 | 561 |
| 18 | North Carolina | $65,096 | $43,000 | 10,273,419 | 8,181 |
| 19 | Iowa | $63,473 | $43,000 | 3,145,711 | 5,212 |
| 20 | Kansas | $64,531 | $43,000 | 2,913,123 | 3,467 |
| 21 | Maryland | $67,819 | $45,000 | 6,052,177 | 5,113 |
| 22 | New Jersey | $70,043 | $46,000 | 9,005,644 | 3,913 |
| 23 | New York | $69,847 | $46,000 | 19,849,399 | 6,576 |
| 24 | South Carolina | $63,692 | $42,000 | 5,024,369 | 6,790 |
| 25 | Alabama | $63,414 | $42,000 | 4,874,747 | 5,081 |
| 26 | Minnesota | $65,995 | $45,000 | 5,576,606 | 4,842 |
| 27 | West Virginia | $61,668 | $41,000 | 1,815,857 | 3,146 |
| 28 | District of Columbia | $71,360 | $47,000 | 693,972 | 155 |
| 29 | North Dakota | $65,342 | $44,000 | 755,393 | 365 |
| 30 | Michigan | $63,047 | $42,000 | 9,962,311 | 6,462 |
| 31 | Tennessee | $60,653 | $40,000 | 6,715,984 | 7,059 |
| 32 | Illinois | $61,732 | $42,000 | 12,802,023 | 16,478 |
| 33 | New Mexico | $61,479 | $40,000 | 2,088,070 | 1,962 |
| 34 | Virginia | $64,083 | $42,000 | 8,470,020 | 7,522 |
| 35 | South Dakota | $62,449 | $42,000 | 869,666 | 560 |
| 36 | Louisiana | $58,551 | $39,000 | 4,684,333 | 4,325 |
| 37 | Massachusetts | $65,144 | $43,000 | 6,859,819 | 2,643 |
| 38 | California | $62,190 | $39,000 | 39,536,653 | 22,701 |
| 39 | Maine | $62,971 | $42,000 | 1,335,907 | 717 |
| 40 | Arizona | $60,400 | $39,000 | 7,016,270 | 3,755 |
| 41 | Utah | $60,538 | $39,000 | 3,101,833 | 1,808 |
| 42 | Washington | $61,194 | $38,000 | 7,405,743 | 3,222 |
| 43 | Nebraska | $54,316 | $37,000 | 1,920,076 | 1,519 |
| 44 | Montana | $56,810 | $37,000 | 1,050,493 | 717 |
| 45 | Colorado | $58,278 | $39,000 | 5,607,154 | 3,312 |
| 46 | Oregon | $53,050 | $33,000 | 4,142,776 | 2,585 |
| 47 | Texas | $50,414 | $33,000 | 28,304,596 | 12,691 |
| 48 | Idaho | $47,833 | $30,000 | 1,716,943 | 1,320 |
| 49 | Florida | $56,563 | $37,000 | 20,984,400 | 6,139 |
| 50 | Alaska | $47,735 | $38,000 | 739,795 | 149 |
| 51 | Hawaii | $44,475 | $33,000 | 1,427,538 | 154 |
Highest paying states for Truck Drivers
| Rank | State | Avg. Truck Driver Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky | $68,557 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | $68,232 |
| 3 | Indiana | $67,338 |
| 4 | Delaware | $70,901 |
| 5 | Mississippi | $66,365 |
| 6 | Ohio | $65,665 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | $67,261 |
| 8 | Rhode Island | $70,834 |
| 9 | Wisconsin | $66,857 |
| 10 | Arkansas | $65,794 |
| 11 | Vermont | $69,340 |
| 12 | Nevada | $69,012 |
| 13 | New Hampshire | $69,288 |
| 14 | Georgia | $66,979 |
| 15 | Connecticut | $70,082 |
| 16 | Missouri | $65,648 |
| 17 | Wyoming | $65,149 |
| 18 | North Carolina | $65,096 |
| 19 | Iowa | $63,473 |
| 20 | Kansas | $64,531 |
| 21 | Maryland | $67,819 |
| 22 | New Jersey | $70,043 |
| 23 | New York | $69,847 |
| 24 | South Carolina | $63,692 |
| 25 | Alabama | $63,414 |
| 26 | Minnesota | $65,995 |
| 27 | West Virginia | $61,668 |
| 28 | District of Columbia | $71,360 |
| 29 | North Dakota | $65,342 |
| 30 | Michigan | $63,047 |
| 31 | Tennessee | $60,653 |
| 32 | Illinois | $61,732 |
| 33 | New Mexico | $61,479 |
| 34 | Virginia | $64,083 |
| 35 | South Dakota | $62,449 |
| 36 | Louisiana | $58,551 |
| 37 | Massachusetts | $65,144 |
| 38 | California | $62,190 |
| 39 | Maine | $62,971 |
| 40 | Arizona | $60,400 |
| 41 | Utah | $60,538 |
| 42 | Washington | $61,194 |
| 43 | Nebraska | $54,316 |
| 44 | Montana | $56,810 |
| 45 | Colorado | $58,278 |
| 46 | Oregon | $53,050 |
| 47 | Texas | $50,414 |
| 48 | Idaho | $47,833 |
| 49 | Florida | $56,563 |
| 50 | Alaska | $47,735 |
| 51 | Hawaii | $44,475 |
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