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Trucking pay in Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area

In Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $48,470 a year ($23.31 an hour), across 1,190 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

That is 17.3% below the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

1,190 employed in Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, median $48,470 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$37,210$17.89
25th percentile$45,300
Median$48,470$23.31
75th percentile$61,530
90th percentile$76,080$36.58
Mean$53,090$25.52

Light truck drivers

340 employed in Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, median $34,210 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$23,280$11.19
25th percentile$26,440
Median$34,210$16.45
75th percentile$39,460
90th percentile$58,300$28.03
Mean$37,380$17.97

Driver/sales workers

210 employed in Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, median $21,630 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$16,260$7.82
25th percentile$17,020
Median$21,630$10.40
75th percentile$26,730
90th percentile$51,170$24.60
Mean$25,430$12.23

Industrial truck and tractor operators

660 employed in Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, median $44,330 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$35,320$16.98
25th percentile$38,170
Median$44,330$21.31
75th percentile$45,810
90th percentile$48,000$23.08
Mean$42,670$20.52

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

60 employed in Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, median $44,080 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$27,990$13.46
25th percentile$37,380
Median$44,080$21.19
75th percentile$60,830
90th percentile$67,510$32.46
Mean$47,420$22.80

First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

280 employed in Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, median $63,790 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$42,360$20.37
25th percentile$52,330
Median$63,790$30.67
75th percentile$76,360
90th percentile$83,610$40.20
Mean$64,610$31.06

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.