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Trucking pay in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL

In Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $57,090 a year ($27.45 an hour), across 7,820 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

That is 2.6% below the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

7,820 employed in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL, median $57,090 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$39,560$19.02
25th percentile$47,430
Median$57,090$27.45
75th percentile$64,230
90th percentile$80,990$38.94
Mean$58,030$27.90

Light truck drivers

2,650 employed in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL, median $46,010 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$29,540$14.20
25th percentile$37,640
Median$46,010$22.12
75th percentile$68,460
90th percentile$73,060$35.12
Mean$51,670$24.84

Driver/sales workers

700 employed in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL, median $36,070 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$27,040$13.00
25th percentile$27,140
Median$36,070$17.34
75th percentile$39,000
90th percentile$46,720$22.46
Mean$36,190$17.40

Industrial truck and tractor operators

4,370 employed in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL, median $48,290 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$37,800$18.18
25th percentile$42,090
Median$48,290$23.22
75th percentile$57,420
90th percentile$59,770$28.74
Mean$49,120$23.62

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

420 employed in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL, median $45,790 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$35,360$17.00
25th percentile$39,190
Median$45,790$22.02
75th percentile$59,890
90th percentile$74,510$35.82
Mean$50,560$24.31

First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

1,620 employed in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL, median $62,130 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$45,840$22.04
25th percentile$49,250
Median$62,130$29.87
75th percentile$74,610
90th percentile$84,990$40.86
Mean$64,290$30.91

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.