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Trucking pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $70,730 a year ($34.00 an hour), across 5,360 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

That is 20.6% above the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

5,360 employed in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, median $70,730 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$48,280$23.21
25th percentile$57,880
Median$70,730$34.00
75th percentile$80,120
90th percentile$94,620$45.49
Mean$70,730$34.00

Light truck drivers

4,480 employed in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, median $52,100 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$43,050$20.70
25th percentile$46,480
Median$52,100$25.05
75th percentile$60,470
90th percentile$83,240$40.02
Mean$57,840$27.81

Driver/sales workers

1,360 employed in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, median $51,260 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$41,890$20.14
25th percentile$45,690
Median$51,260$24.64
75th percentile$62,220
90th percentile$75,150$36.13
Mean$55,520$26.69

Industrial truck and tractor operators

2,130 employed in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, median $54,440 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$45,040$21.66
25th percentile$46,960
Median$54,440$26.17
75th percentile$61,680
90th percentile$73,860$35.51
Mean$56,050$26.95

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

720 employed in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, median $60,780 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$47,000$22.60
25th percentile$52,910
Median$60,780$29.22
75th percentile$76,380
90th percentile$98,600$47.40
Mean$66,940$32.18

First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

2,310 employed in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, median $74,240 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$50,630$24.34
25th percentile$58,010
Median$74,240$35.69
75th percentile$92,090
90th percentile$105,700$50.82
Mean$76,950$36.99

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.