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Trucking pay in West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area

In West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn a median of $48,910 a year ($23.51 an hour), across 4,480 jobs. Figures are from the 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

That is 16.6% below the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

4,480 employed in West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, median $48,910 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$31,750$15.26
25th percentile$40,500
Median$48,910$23.51
75th percentile$59,600
90th percentile$76,010$36.54
Mean$52,230$25.11

Light truck drivers

1,280 employed in West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, median $43,630 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$31,200$15.00
25th percentile$34,170
Median$43,630$20.98
75th percentile$55,120
90th percentile$68,390$32.88
Mean$47,330$22.75

Driver/sales workers

470 employed in West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, median $31,200 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$31,200$15.00
25th percentile$31,200
Median$31,200$15.00
75th percentile$43,860
90th percentile$56,210$27.03
Mean$38,050$18.29

Industrial truck and tractor operators

820 employed in West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, median $46,750 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$37,770$18.16
25th percentile$42,780
Median$46,750$22.48
75th percentile$51,150
90th percentile$59,420$28.57
Mean$48,230$23.19

Dispatchers, except police, fire and ambulance

210 employed in West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, median — a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
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First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

680 employed in West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, median $61,740 a year.

MeasurePer yearPer hour
10th percentile$42,500$20.43
25th percentile$50,010
Median$61,740$29.68
75th percentile$75,800
90th percentile$91,780$44.13
Mean$65,420$31.45

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.