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Trucking pay in Grand Island, NE

In Grand Island, NE, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $60,810 a year ($29.24 an hour), across 970 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

That is 3.7% above the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

970 employed in Grand Island, NE, median $60,810 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$43,150$20.75
25th percentile$48,680
Median$60,810$29.24
75th percentile$78,330
90th percentile$94,810$45.58
Mean$63,840$30.69

Light truck drivers

250 employed in Grand Island, NE, median $44,920 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$29,080$13.98
25th percentile$35,260
Median$44,920$21.59
75th percentile$48,980
90th percentile$94,630$45.50
Mean$47,660$22.91

Driver/sales workers

190 employed in Grand Island, NE, median $30,470 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$28,080$13.50
25th percentile$28,080
Median$30,470$14.65
75th percentile$52,800
90th percentile$64,180$30.85
Mean$41,820$20.11

Industrial truck and tractor operators

280 employed in Grand Island, NE, median $50,730 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$36,750$17.67
25th percentile$43,950
Median$50,730$24.39
75th percentile$51,410
90th percentile$51,410$24.72
Mean$47,680$22.92

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

60 employed in Grand Island, NE, median $49,590 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$37,180$17.87
25th percentile$42,820
Median$49,590$23.84
75th percentile$67,290
90th percentile$76,720$36.88
Mean$54,530$26.22

First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

160 employed in Grand Island, NE, median $62,360 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$38,130$18.33
25th percentile$49,160
Median$62,360$29.98
75th percentile$66,710
90th percentile$76,790$36.92
Mean$59,510$28.61

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.