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Trucking pay in Cleveland, OH

In Cleveland, OH, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $58,970 a year ($28.35 an hour), across 11,970 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

That is 0.6% above the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

11,970 employed in Cleveland, OH, median $58,970 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$40,970$19.70
25th percentile$49,000
Median$58,970$28.35
75th percentile$65,200
90th percentile$76,110$36.59
Mean$59,100$28.41

Light truck drivers

6,360 employed in Cleveland, OH, median $43,160 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$27,840$13.38
25th percentile$35,860
Median$43,160$20.75
75th percentile$45,350
90th percentile$65,040$31.27
Mean$45,100$21.68

Driver/sales workers

3,390 employed in Cleveland, OH, median $38,520 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$24,960$12.00
25th percentile$24,960
Median$38,520$18.52
75th percentile$50,710
90th percentile$60,150$28.92
Mean$40,880$19.65

Industrial truck and tractor operators

5,480 employed in Cleveland, OH, median $46,090 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$38,400$18.46
25th percentile$42,960
Median$46,090$22.16
75th percentile$63,330
90th percentile$65,330$31.41
Mean$51,120$24.58

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

1,010 employed in Cleveland, OH, median $49,340 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$35,240$16.94
25th percentile$41,630
Median$49,340$23.72
75th percentile$62,010
90th percentile$73,150$35.17
Mean$52,950$25.46

First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

3,610 employed in Cleveland, OH, median $62,160 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$43,830$21.07
25th percentile$48,740
Median$62,160$29.88
75th percentile$76,540
90th percentile$89,370$42.97
Mean$65,040$31.27

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.