Markets Occupations Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers — Employment

Occupation metric · SOC 53-3032 · Transportation & Material Moving · BLS OEWS · Annual · National

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Latest reading May 2025

2.06M −0.41%down YoY
Atlanta
41,830 May 2025

Employment · BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · National · May 2021 – May 2025

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers — Employment, National. 5 observations from May 2021 to May 2025.
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What's happening with Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Employment for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in the U.S. is 2,062,040 (May 2025), down 0.41% from a year earlier. Median annual pay is $58,640.

Source: BLS OEWS · May 2025

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Key Stats

Latest2,062,040 personsMay 2025
Prior Year2,070,4802024
Year Change−0.41%downYoY
3-Yr Change+3.92%upsince 2022
Transportation & Material Moving13,677,150May 2025
All Occupations155,495,730May 2025
Atlanta Reading41,830May 2025
Observations52021 – 2025
SOC Code53-3032
Occupation FamilyTransportation & Material Moving53-0000

Other Measures for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers National

Median Annual Pay $58,640 +2.09%up YoYMay 2025
Mean Annual Pay $59,710 +2.24%up YoYMay 2025
P10 Pay $40,140 +3.88%up YoYMay 2025
P25 Pay $47,960 +1.55%up YoYMay 2025
P75 Pay $69,120 +5.49%up YoYMay 2025
P90 Pay $79,380 +0.74%up YoYMay 2025

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All Occupations — Employment

155.5M
+0.85%up YoY

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  • Demand employment and its change from a year earlier
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  • Atlanta vs. national the same measures side by side where Atlanta publishes them
  • Hiring conditions market-wide openings, hires, quits and layoffs

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Performance Overview change over each horizon the series supports

Employment · 1 Year

−0.41%down

May 2025

  • Transportation & Material Moving +0.23%up
  • All occupations +0.85%up

Employment · 3 Year

+3.92%up

since 2022

Data & Methodology

Source BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)
Dataset bls.oews
Reference Period May 2025
Frequency Annual
Seasonal Adjustment Not stated
Geography National
Unit persons
Metric ID bls.oews.employment.soc_53_3032
Observations 5
Last Fetched 5 minutes ago
SOC Code 53-3032
Role Page Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
Description Source O*NET 30.1 Database (O*NET-SOC 53-3032.00)

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