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Trucking pay in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA

In San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $60,380 a year ($29.03 an hour), across 720 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

That is 3.0% above the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

720 employed in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA, median $60,380 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$40,690$19.56
25th percentile$48,470
Median$60,380$29.03
75th percentile$72,160
90th percentile$76,250$36.66
Mean$60,260$28.97

Light truck drivers

410 employed in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA, median $45,990 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$35,900$17.26
25th percentile$38,190
Median$45,990$22.11
75th percentile$53,640
90th percentile$96,600$46.44
Mean$51,140$24.59

Driver/sales workers

390 employed in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA, median $41,600 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$37,600$18.08
25th percentile$41,590
Median$41,600$20.00
75th percentile$44,690
90th percentile$54,310$26.11
Mean$44,010$21.16

Industrial truck and tractor operators

210 employed in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA, median $45,100 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$38,300$18.42
25th percentile$41,110
Median$45,100$21.68
75th percentile$48,070
90th percentile$64,850$31.18
Mean$46,830$22.52

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

90 employed in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA, median $53,210 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$35,990$17.30
25th percentile$46,170
Median$53,210$25.58
75th percentile$61,060
90th percentile$71,860$34.55
Mean$54,670$26.29

First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

310 employed in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA, median $58,130 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$43,390$20.86
25th percentile$47,500
Median$58,130$27.95
75th percentile$73,780
90th percentile$85,620$41.16
Mean$62,460$30.03

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.