Trucking pay in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
In Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $58,780 a year ($28.26 an hour), across 3,230 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.
That is 0.2% above the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
3,230 employed in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, median $58,780 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $43,270 | $20.80 |
| 25th percentile | $48,720 | — |
| Median | $58,780 | $28.26 |
| 75th percentile | $63,570 | — |
| 90th percentile | $77,150 | $37.09 |
| Mean | $59,120 | $28.42 |
Light truck drivers
1,150 employed in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, median $46,120 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $28,700 | $13.80 |
| 25th percentile | $37,210 | — |
| Median | $46,120 | $22.18 |
| 75th percentile | $59,370 | — |
| 90th percentile | $93,630 | $45.01 |
| Mean | $51,200 | $24.62 |
Driver/sales workers
510 employed in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, median $36,310 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $23,150 | $11.13 |
| 25th percentile | $27,380 | — |
| Median | $36,310 | $17.46 |
| 75th percentile | $47,920 | — |
| 90th percentile | $59,970 | $28.83 |
| Mean | $39,150 | $18.82 |
Industrial truck and tractor operators
340 employed in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, median $46,780 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $39,080 | $18.79 |
| 25th percentile | $43,800 | — |
| Median | $46,780 | $22.49 |
| 75th percentile | $50,590 | — |
| 90th percentile | $62,150 | $29.88 |
| Mean | $48,690 | $23.41 |
Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance
140 employed in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, median $50,340 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $39,230 | $18.86 |
| 25th percentile | $45,200 | — |
| Median | $50,340 | $24.20 |
| 75th percentile | $70,430 | — |
| 90th percentile | $85,710 | $41.21 |
| Mean | $57,050 | $27.43 |
First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers
660 employed in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, median $62,630 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $47,580 | $22.88 |
| 25th percentile | $58,050 | — |
| Median | $62,630 | $30.11 |
| 75th percentile | $76,220 | — |
| 90th percentile | $82,690 | $39.76 |
| Mean | $66,650 | $32.05 |
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.