Connecticut truck drivers have the 8th highest salary in U.S.
From The Hour via Business Insider. Truck driver salaries have been on the up and up for some truckers in 2018. Nearly 50% of all truckers in the National Transportation Institute’s quarterly survey on trucker pay received salary bumps in 2018, according to Gordon Klemp, principal of the National Transportation Institute. Last year, only 11%…
From The Hour via Business Insider.
Truck driver salaries have been on the up and up for some truckers in 2018.
Nearly 50% of all truckers in the National Transportation Institute’s quarterly survey on trucker pay received salary bumps in 2018, according to Gordon Klemp, principal of the National Transportation Institute. Last year, only 11% did.
America’s nearly 1.8 million tractor-trailer truck drivers earned a median income of $44,500 nationwide in 2017, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Truck driver salary is highest in Alaska, where they earned a median of $56,250 last year. In comparison, in West Virginia, truckers earned a median of $38,580 — the lowest nationwide.
Connecticut comes in at the 8th highest with a salary of $48,530 and 12,940 long-haul truckers in the state.
Business Insider gathered the median income in each state for long-haul truck drivers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and ranked them in ascending order.
See the full story from The Hour online.