Trucking pay in Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
In Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $58,100 a year ($27.93 an hour), across 640 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.
That is 0.9% below the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
640 employed in Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, median $58,100 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $45,780 | $22.01 |
| 25th percentile | $48,480 | — |
| Median | $58,100 | $27.93 |
| 75th percentile | $63,330 | — |
| 90th percentile | $77,400 | $37.21 |
| Mean | $58,750 | $28.24 |
Light truck drivers
150 employed in Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, median $48,780 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $29,120 | $14.00 |
| 25th percentile | $35,650 | — |
| Median | $48,780 | $23.45 |
| 75th percentile | $60,010 | — |
| 90th percentile | $93,790 | $45.09 |
| Mean | $52,100 | $25.05 |
Driver/sales workers
140 employed in Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, median $29,530 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $23,460 | $11.28 |
| 25th percentile | $27,140 | — |
| Median | $29,530 | $14.20 |
| 75th percentile | $46,940 | — |
| 90th percentile | $58,060 | $27.91 |
| Mean | $37,350 | $17.96 |
Industrial truck and tractor operators
80 employed in Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, median $58,360 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $42,460 | $20.42 |
| 25th percentile | $49,460 | — |
| Median | $58,360 | $28.06 |
| 75th percentile | $58,940 | — |
| 90th percentile | $76,510 | $36.79 |
| Mean | $56,580 | $27.20 |
Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance
40 employed in Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, median $62,370 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $45,500 | $21.87 |
| 25th percentile | $49,770 | — |
| Median | $62,370 | $29.99 |
| 75th percentile | $73,540 | — |
| 90th percentile | $92,750 | $44.59 |
| Mean | $64,920 | $31.21 |
First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers
110 employed in Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, median $64,850 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $45,760 | $22.00 |
| 25th percentile | $55,810 | — |
| Median | $64,850 | $31.18 |
| 75th percentile | $76,360 | — |
| 90th percentile | $94,020 | $45.20 |
| Mean | $69,440 | $33.39 |
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.