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Trucking pay in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

In Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $50,560 a year ($24.31 an hour), across 15,840 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

That is 13.8% below the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

15,840 employed in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, median $50,560 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$38,850$18.68
25th percentile$46,000
Median$50,560$24.31
75th percentile$62,370
90th percentile$72,770$34.98
Mean$54,470$26.19

Light truck drivers

9,710 employed in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, median $40,490 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$28,480$13.69
25th percentile$35,990
Median$40,490$19.47
75th percentile$47,400
90th percentile$60,890$29.27
Mean$43,830$21.07

Driver/sales workers

4,150 employed in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, median $32,830 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$27,040$13.00
25th percentile$27,140
Median$32,830$15.79
75th percentile$46,190
90th percentile$57,060$27.43
Mean$37,230$17.90

Industrial truck and tractor operators

5,330 employed in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, median $49,850 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$37,470$18.02
25th percentile$41,130
Median$49,850$23.97
75th percentile$58,740
90th percentile$60,520$29.10
Mean$49,730$23.91

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

1,820 employed in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, median $45,090 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$35,840$17.23
25th percentile$39,110
Median$45,090$21.68
75th percentile$59,010
90th percentile$65,210$31.35
Mean$49,350$23.73

First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

4,560 employed in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, median $61,640 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$40,290$19.37
25th percentile$49,340
Median$61,640$29.64
75th percentile$76,960
90th percentile$91,030$43.76
Mean$64,920$31.21

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.