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Trucking pay in Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area

In Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $54,090 a year ($26.01 an hour), across 1,790 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

That is 7.8% below the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

1,790 employed in Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, median $54,090 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$38,910$18.71
25th percentile$45,980
Median$54,090$26.01
75th percentile$58,860
90th percentile$64,490$31.00
Mean$53,210$25.58

Light truck drivers

560 employed in Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, median $42,410 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$27,850$13.39
25th percentile$34,990
Median$42,410$20.39
75th percentile$50,340
90th percentile$94,140$45.26
Mean$48,790$23.46

Driver/sales workers

480 employed in Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, median $37,050 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$26,150$12.57
25th percentile$29,910
Median$37,050$17.81
75th percentile$45,820
90th percentile$54,590$26.24
Mean$38,390$18.46

Industrial truck and tractor operators

290 employed in Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, median $49,770 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$36,350$17.47
25th percentile$40,010
Median$49,770$23.93
75th percentile$65,240
90th percentile$67,300$32.36
Mean$52,190$25.09

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

180 employed in Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, median $46,610 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$34,370$16.53
25th percentile$39,850
Median$46,610$22.41
75th percentile$62,140
90th percentile$83,520$40.15
Mean$52,520$25.25

First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

300 employed in Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, median $54,290 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$41,220$19.82
25th percentile$44,920
Median$54,290$26.10
75th percentile$73,420
90th percentile$88,690$42.64
Mean$60,710$29.19

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.