Trucking pay in St. Joseph, MO-KS
In St. Joseph, MO-KS, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $56,330 a year ($27.08 an hour), across 850 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.
That is 3.9% below the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
850 employed in St. Joseph, MO-KS, median $56,330 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $38,490 | $18.50 |
| 25th percentile | $46,100 | — |
| Median | $56,330 | $27.08 |
| 75th percentile | $63,530 | — |
| 90th percentile | $76,870 | $36.96 |
| Mean | $57,090 | $27.45 |
Light truck drivers
340 employed in St. Joseph, MO-KS, median $46,470 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $30,130 | $14.49 |
| 25th percentile | $37,430 | — |
| Median | $46,470 | $22.34 |
| 75th percentile | $66,000 | — |
| 90th percentile | $92,090 | $44.28 |
| Mean | $53,260 | $25.61 |
Driver/sales workers
130 employed in St. Joseph, MO-KS, median $37,720 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $28,600 | $13.75 |
| 25th percentile | $33,950 | — |
| Median | $37,720 | $18.14 |
| 75th percentile | $47,810 | — |
| 90th percentile | $59,200 | $28.46 |
| Mean | $41,150 | $19.79 |
Industrial truck and tractor operators
360 employed in St. Joseph, MO-KS, median $42,030 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $35,490 | $17.06 |
| 25th percentile | $39,160 | — |
| Median | $42,030 | $20.21 |
| 75th percentile | $45,650 | — |
| 90th percentile | $49,450 | $23.78 |
| Mean | $42,710 | $20.54 |
Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance
70 employed in St. Joseph, MO-KS, median $54,070 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $37,350 | $17.96 |
| 25th percentile | $44,110 | — |
| Median | $54,070 | $25.99 |
| 75th percentile | $63,610 | — |
| 90th percentile | $105,750 | $50.84 |
| Mean | $58,490 | $28.12 |
First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers
200 employed in St. Joseph, MO-KS, median $66,010 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $44,080 | $21.19 |
| 25th percentile | $54,320 | — |
| Median | $66,010 | $31.74 |
| 75th percentile | $79,410 | — |
| 90th percentile | $97,580 | $46.91 |
| Mean | $68,690 | $33.02 |
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.