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Trucking pay in Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area

In Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $47,580 a year ($22.88 an hour), across 1,390 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

That is 18.9% below the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

1,390 employed in Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, median $47,580 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$35,660$17.15
25th percentile$41,690
Median$47,580$22.88
75th percentile$49,780
90th percentile$59,230$28.48
Mean$47,430$22.81

Light truck drivers

560 employed in Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, median $34,380 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$21,390$10.29
25th percentile$27,620
Median$34,380$16.53
75th percentile$45,200
90th percentile$52,950$25.46
Mean$36,350$17.48

Industrial truck and tractor operators

660 employed in Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, median $50,040 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$34,730$16.70
25th percentile$39,160
Median$50,040$24.06
75th percentile$50,040
90th percentile$50,040$24.06
Mean$45,680$21.96

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

140 employed in Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, median $49,250 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$30,520$14.67
25th percentile$41,750
Median$49,250$23.68
75th percentile$61,780
90th percentile$75,800$36.44
Mean$52,260$25.13

First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

350 employed in Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, median $60,580 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$36,250$17.43
25th percentile$46,280
Median$60,580$29.12
75th percentile$72,930
90th percentile$94,430$45.40
Mean$63,400$30.48

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.