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Trucking pay in Bakersfield-Delano, CA

In Bakersfield-Delano, CA, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $57,690 a year ($27.73 an hour), across 7,050 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

That is 1.6% below the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

7,050 employed in Bakersfield-Delano, CA, median $57,690 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$38,490$18.51
25th percentile$46,510
Median$57,690$27.73
75th percentile$61,970
90th percentile$74,870$36.00
Mean$56,530$27.18

Light truck drivers

1,560 employed in Bakersfield-Delano, CA, median $43,320 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$34,320$16.50
25th percentile$36,810
Median$43,320$20.83
75th percentile$50,590
90th percentile$81,480$39.17
Mean$48,890$23.50

Driver/sales workers

1,080 employed in Bakersfield-Delano, CA, median $34,320 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$34,320$16.50
25th percentile$34,320
Median$34,320$16.50
75th percentile$46,700
90th percentile$52,540$25.26
Mean$40,910$19.67

Industrial truck and tractor operators

2,370 employed in Bakersfield-Delano, CA, median $44,980 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$36,840$17.71
25th percentile$39,470
Median$44,980$21.62
75th percentile$57,290
90th percentile$59,410$28.56
Mean$47,830$23.00

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

540 employed in Bakersfield-Delano, CA, median $50,750 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$37,190$17.88
25th percentile$44,090
Median$50,750$24.40
75th percentile$61,140
90th percentile$76,400$36.73
Mean$54,590$26.24

First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

1,210 employed in Bakersfield-Delano, CA, median $67,490 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$43,680$21.00
25th percentile$52,200
Median$67,490$32.45
75th percentile$79,820
90th percentile$98,530$47.37
Mean$68,560$32.96

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.