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Trucking pay in Wausau, WI

In Wausau, WI, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $58,520 a year ($28.14 an hour), across 1,460 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

That is 0.2% below the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

1,460 employed in Wausau, WI, median $58,520 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$45,360$21.81
25th percentile$49,000
Median$58,520$28.14
75th percentile$64,340
90th percentile$74,260$35.70
Mean$57,780$27.78

Light truck drivers

710 employed in Wausau, WI, median $45,560 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$29,660$14.26
25th percentile$37,690
Median$45,560$21.90
75th percentile$51,420
90th percentile$73,190$35.19
Mean$48,610$23.37

Driver/sales workers

170 employed in Wausau, WI, median $26,810 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$20,660$9.93
25th percentile$21,380
Median$26,810$12.89
75th percentile$45,600
90th percentile$58,010$27.89
Mean$33,750$16.23

Industrial truck and tractor operators

300 employed in Wausau, WI, median $44,040 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$36,550$17.57
25th percentile$37,960
Median$44,040$21.17
75th percentile$48,200
90th percentile$56,950$27.38
Mean$44,830$21.55

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

80 employed in Wausau, WI, median $56,460 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$38,480$18.50
25th percentile$47,490
Median$56,460$27.14
75th percentile$65,900
90th percentile$72,800$35.00
Mean$55,410$26.64

First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

260 employed in Wausau, WI, median $60,460 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$41,560$19.98
25th percentile$48,350
Median$60,460$29.07
75th percentile$72,350
90th percentile$83,970$40.37
Mean$63,120$30.35

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.