Trucking pay in Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area
In Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $48,890 a year ($23.50 an hour), across 780 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.
That is 16.6% below the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
780 employed in Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, median $48,890 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $37,500 | $18.03 |
| 25th percentile | $45,250 | — |
| Median | $48,890 | $23.50 |
| 75th percentile | $60,530 | — |
| 90th percentile | $74,520 | $35.83 |
| Mean | $52,880 | $25.42 |
Light truck drivers
140 employed in Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, median $44,990 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $28,690 | $13.79 |
| 25th percentile | $34,710 | — |
| Median | $44,990 | $21.63 |
| 75th percentile | $50,180 | — |
| 90th percentile | $93,790 | $45.09 |
| Mean | $48,140 | $23.14 |
Driver/sales workers
120 employed in Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, median $35,060 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $28,080 | $13.50 |
| 25th percentile | $29,170 | — |
| Median | $35,060 | $16.86 |
| 75th percentile | $51,420 | — |
| 90th percentile | $59,660 | $28.69 |
| Mean | $40,390 | $19.42 |
Industrial truck and tractor operators
190 employed in Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, median $40,140 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $34,620 | $16.64 |
| 25th percentile | $34,940 | — |
| Median | $40,140 | $19.30 |
| 75th percentile | $44,550 | — |
| 90th percentile | $47,550 | $22.86 |
| Mean | $40,670 | $19.56 |
Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance
60 employed in Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, median — a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | — | — |
| 25th percentile | — | — |
| Median | — | — |
| 75th percentile | — | — |
| 90th percentile | — | — |
| Mean | — | — |
First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers
140 employed in Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, median $55,070 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $36,810 | $17.70 |
| 25th percentile | $44,120 | — |
| Median | $55,070 | $26.48 |
| 75th percentile | $69,590 | — |
| 90th percentile | $77,750 | $37.38 |
| Mean | $57,170 | $27.49 |
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.