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Trucking pay in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA

In Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $49,410 a year ($23.76 an hour), across 1,040 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

That is 15.7% below the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

1,040 employed in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA, median $49,410 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$36,060$17.34
25th percentile$43,490
Median$49,410$23.76
75th percentile$59,320
90th percentile$71,900$34.57
Mean$51,760$24.89

Light truck drivers

850 employed in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA, median $44,280 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$28,180$13.55
25th percentile$34,790
Median$44,280$21.29
75th percentile$55,640
90th percentile$81,910$39.38
Mean$48,080$23.12

Industrial truck and tractor operators

140 employed in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA, median $45,070 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$34,610$16.64
25th percentile$37,690
Median$45,070$21.67
75th percentile$47,350
90th percentile$59,630$28.67
Mean$44,380$21.34

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

120 employed in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA, median $49,920 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$35,780$17.20
25th percentile$41,110
Median$49,920$24.00
75th percentile$64,480
90th percentile$76,110$36.59
Mean$52,760$25.37

First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

390 employed in Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA, median $59,110 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$37,690$18.12
25th percentile$47,680
Median$59,110$28.42
75th percentile$71,410
90th percentile$81,800$39.33
Mean$60,270$28.98

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.