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Trucking pay in Rockford, IL

In Rockford, IL, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $59,900 a year ($28.80 an hour), across 1,690 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

That is 2.1% above the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

1,690 employed in Rockford, IL, median $59,900 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$38,660$18.59
25th percentile$48,670
Median$59,900$28.80
75th percentile$74,890
90th percentile$88,590$42.59
Mean$62,440$30.02

Light truck drivers

1,350 employed in Rockford, IL, median $48,240 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$32,680$15.71
25th percentile$40,490
Median$48,240$23.19
75th percentile$62,650
90th percentile$85,790$41.25
Mean$54,040$25.98

Driver/sales workers

340 employed in Rockford, IL, median $34,180 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$31,200$15.00
25th percentile$31,200
Median$34,180$16.43
75th percentile$48,440
90th percentile$63,360$30.46
Mean$41,480$19.94

Industrial truck and tractor operators

830 employed in Rockford, IL, median $45,290 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$36,920$17.75
25th percentile$43,940
Median$45,290$21.77
75th percentile$47,780
90th percentile$59,450$28.58
Mean$46,440$22.33

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

140 employed in Rockford, IL, median $50,710 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$33,950$16.32
25th percentile$42,790
Median$50,710$24.38
75th percentile$61,280
90th percentile$80,320$38.62
Mean$54,160$26.04

First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

780 employed in Rockford, IL, median $59,940 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$47,360$22.77
25th percentile$54,290
Median$59,940$28.82
75th percentile$71,800
90th percentile$83,360$40.08
Mean$63,380$30.47

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.