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Trucking pay in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

In Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $60,720 a year ($29.19 an hour), across 4,830 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

That is 3.5% above the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

4,830 employed in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, median $60,720 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$46,960$22.58
25th percentile$50,910
Median$60,720$29.19
75th percentile$70,660
90th percentile$80,130$38.52
Mean$62,690$30.14

Light truck drivers

3,030 employed in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, median $41,360 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$32,240$15.50
25th percentile$34,050
Median$41,360$19.88
75th percentile$48,040
90th percentile$60,070$28.88
Mean$44,020$21.17

Driver/sales workers

1,020 employed in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, median $37,890 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$32,240$15.50
25th percentile$33,330
Median$37,890$18.22
75th percentile$47,590
90th percentile$57,690$27.73
Mean$41,670$20.04

Industrial truck and tractor operators

1,050 employed in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, median $50,770 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$33,080$15.91
25th percentile$43,450
Median$50,770$24.41
75th percentile$59,720
90th percentile$64,070$30.81
Mean$51,500$24.76

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

440 employed in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, median $49,670 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$34,420$16.55
25th percentile$43,370
Median$49,670$23.88
75th percentile$60,690
90th percentile$76,210$36.64
Mean$53,130$25.54

First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

1,590 employed in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, median $63,160 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$44,820$21.55
25th percentile$50,270
Median$63,160$30.37
75th percentile$79,150
90th percentile$97,420$46.84
Mean$67,030$32.22

How to read these figures

These are wages as reported by employers, not owner-operator revenue: they exclude what an owner-operator grosses and the costs that come out of it. A dash means the survey did not publish that figure for this area, which it withholds where publishing it would identify an employer.