Trucking pay in St. Louis, MO-IL
In St. Louis, MO-IL, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $58,240 a year ($28.00 an hour), across 18,270 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.
That is 0.7% below the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
18,270 employed in St. Louis, MO-IL, median $58,240 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $40,540 | $19.49 |
| 25th percentile | $48,310 | — |
| Median | $58,240 | $28.00 |
| 75th percentile | $69,610 | — |
| 90th percentile | $79,300 | $38.12 |
| Mean | $59,810 | $28.76 |
Light truck drivers
7,180 employed in St. Louis, MO-IL, median $47,150 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $31,200 | $15.00 |
| 25th percentile | $40,090 | — |
| Median | $47,150 | $22.67 |
| 75th percentile | $59,280 | — |
| 90th percentile | $93,710 | $45.06 |
| Mean | $52,560 | $25.27 |
Driver/sales workers
4,100 employed in St. Louis, MO-IL, median $40,240 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $31,200 | $15.00 |
| 25th percentile | $39,860 | — |
| Median | $40,240 | $19.35 |
| 75th percentile | $47,000 | — |
| 90th percentile | $59,430 | $28.57 |
| Mean | $43,530 | $20.93 |
Industrial truck and tractor operators
4,980 employed in St. Louis, MO-IL, median $46,330 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $37,480 | $18.02 |
| 25th percentile | $42,880 | — |
| Median | $46,330 | $22.28 |
| 75th percentile | $59,690 | — |
| 90th percentile | $66,350 | $31.90 |
| Mean | $50,750 | $24.40 |
Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance
1,660 employed in St. Louis, MO-IL, median $49,650 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $36,630 | $17.61 |
| 25th percentile | $42,620 | — |
| Median | $49,650 | $23.87 |
| 75th percentile | $62,270 | — |
| 90th percentile | $76,500 | $36.78 |
| Mean | $54,700 | $26.30 |
First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers
5,270 employed in St. Louis, MO-IL, median $62,790 a year.
| Measure | Per year | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $44,880 | $21.58 |
| 25th percentile | $49,780 | — |
| Median | $62,790 | $30.19 |
| 75th percentile | $78,740 | — |
| 90th percentile | $97,370 | $46.81 |
| Mean | $67,640 | $32.52 |
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.