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Trucking pay in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX

In Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $48,550 a year ($23.34 an hour), across 1,660 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

That is 17.2% below the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

1,660 employed in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, median $48,550 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$30,740$14.78
25th percentile$40,110
Median$48,550$23.34
75th percentile$63,580
90th percentile$72,400$34.81
Mean$51,980$24.99

Light truck drivers

580 employed in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, median $35,360 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$22,550$10.84
25th percentile$26,960
Median$35,360$17.00
75th percentile$48,210
90th percentile$91,570$44.02
Mean$43,120$20.73

Driver/sales workers

530 employed in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, median $30,890 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$15,600$7.50
25th percentile$22,780
Median$30,890$14.85
75th percentile$41,170
90th percentile$48,930$23.53
Mean$33,160$15.94

Industrial truck and tractor operators

700 employed in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, median $34,630 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$27,780$13.36
25th percentile$29,270
Median$34,630$16.65
75th percentile$38,860
90th percentile$44,210$21.25
Mean$35,160$16.90

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

190 employed in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, median $40,660 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$28,110$13.51
25th percentile$31,190
Median$40,660$19.55
75th percentile$49,970
90th percentile$66,540$31.99
Mean$44,320$21.31

First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

520 employed in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, median $50,170 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$34,230$16.46
25th percentile$42,890
Median$50,170$24.12
75th percentile$62,910
90th percentile$74,400$35.77
Mean$54,220$26.07

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.