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Trucking pay in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC

In Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $52,530 a year ($25.26 an hour), across 730 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

That is 10.4% below the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

730 employed in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC, median $52,530 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$39,420$18.95
25th percentile$46,860
Median$52,530$25.26
75th percentile$58,470
90th percentile$71,300$34.28
Mean$54,510$26.21

Light truck drivers

300 employed in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC, median $37,260 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$26,500$12.74
25th percentile$31,660
Median$37,260$17.92
75th percentile$43,880
90th percentile$49,080$23.60
Mean$39,040$18.77

Driver/sales workers

220 employed in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC, median $21,850 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$16,680$8.02
25th percentile$17,480
Median$21,850$10.51
75th percentile$37,650
90th percentile$49,750$23.92
Mean$26,940$12.95

Industrial truck and tractor operators

100 employed in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC, median $43,370 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$37,180$17.88
25th percentile$37,180
Median$43,370$20.85
75th percentile$47,020
90th percentile$56,900$27.36
Mean$44,740$21.51

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

110 employed in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC, median $45,740 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$33,050$15.89
25th percentile$40,220
Median$45,740$21.99
75th percentile$54,950
90th percentile$62,690$30.14
Mean$47,460$22.82

First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

220 employed in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC, median $57,320 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$40,970$19.70
25th percentile$48,470
Median$57,320$27.56
75th percentile$71,990
90th percentile$87,770$42.20
Mean$61,040$29.35

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.