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Average Heavy And Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers Salary in Terre Haute, IN

Heavy And Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Terre Haute, IN earn a median annual salary of $52,090, which is -9.3% compared to the national median. There are 1,130 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Terre Haute, IN (metro area).

$52,090
Terre Haute, IN median annual wage
$25/hour median
-9.3%
Difference vs national median
National median is $57,440
1,130
Local employment
17.4 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.30
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$43,390
25th
$48,460
Median
$52,090
75th
$60,640
90th
$72,830

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Terre Haute, IN, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
87.8%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$59,330
Goods: 94.3%
Services: 86.6%
Rents: 51.9%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Terre Haute, IN

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Physicians, All Other$228,7900.54
Dentists, General$174,9201.01
Pharmacists$138,6700.98
Lawyers$135,1300.63
Architectural And Engineering Managers$124,4600.36
Financial Managers$122,9600.57
Computer And Information Systems Managers$119,8900.28
Human Resources Managers$118,8200.48

Terre Haute, IN has salary data for 278 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Heavy And Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Terre Haute, IN

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Heavy And Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers are projected to change by +4.0% from 2024 to 2034, with 237,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.