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Trucking pay in Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area

In Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $59,880 a year ($28.79 an hour), across 710 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

710 employed in Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area, median $59,880 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$46,640$22.42
25th percentile$50,350
Median$59,880$28.79
75th percentile$63,060
90th percentile$71,090$34.18
Mean$58,440$28.10

Light truck drivers

190 employed in Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area, median $37,380 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$27,850$13.39
25th percentile$34,380
Median$37,380$17.97
75th percentile$50,200
90th percentile$64,930$31.22
Mean$44,970$21.62

Driver/sales workers

210 employed in Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area, median $23,000 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$21,940$10.55
25th percentile$22,800
Median$23,000$11.06
75th percentile$47,770
90th percentile$59,890$28.79
Mean$34,700$16.68

Industrial truck and tractor operators

60 employed in Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area, median $44,590 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$35,160$16.90
25th percentile$41,080
Median$44,590$21.44
75th percentile$52,030
90th percentile$61,510$29.57
Mean$46,970$22.58

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

30 employed in Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area, median $43,440 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$35,140$16.89
25th percentile$36,230
Median$43,440$20.88
75th percentile$61,410
90th percentile$63,700$30.63
Mean$50,250$24.16

First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

110 employed in Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area, median $60,760 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$44,930$21.60
25th percentile$50,030
Median$60,760$29.21
75th percentile$76,170
90th percentile$91,750$44.11
Mean$64,620$31.07

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.