Texas Labor
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Texas pay · SOC 53-3032

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

May 2025 estimates for Texas and its published labor markets.

Statewide pay

BLS May 2025, Texas. Published annual and hourly estimates.
MeasureAnnual payHourly pay
10th percentile$38,150$18.34
25th percentile$46,680$22.44
Median$56,290$27.06
75th percentile$64,820$31.17
90th percentile$79,400$38.17
Average$57,990$27.88

A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.

Estimated employment: 209,680. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

The middle half of annual wages runs from $46,680 to $64,820 in 2025, a span of $18,140. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.

Compare labor markets

Across 32 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $47,040 in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX to $59,530 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.

Each published area appears once. Employment totals across counties must not be added together.
Published areaMedian annual payEstimated jobs
Abilene, TX$54,7201,090
Amarillo, TX$54,2902,230
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$57,11010,760
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$54,9002,100
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$50,3901,120
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$48,5501,660
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$50,3802,700
College Station-Bryan, TX$49,5401,230
Corpus Christi, TX$49,0002,570
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$59,53055,670
Eagle Pass, TX$58,600250
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$52,9502,170
El Paso, TX$49,2707,850
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$49,6303,200
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$56,84049,750
Killeen-Temple, TX$57,0401,940
Laredo, TX$49,0105,460
Longview, TX$51,9902,290
Lubbock, TX$49,0802,200
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$47,0404,390
Midland, TX$58,2004,540
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$48,9405,680
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$57,1906,770
Odessa, TX$58,3703,190
San Angelo, TX$48,230660
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$53,65013,710
Sherman-Denison, TX$55,270670
Texarkana, TX-AR$49,0501,190
Tyler, TX$51,2901,490
Victoria, TX$51,150570
Waco, TX$48,7801,640
Wichita Falls, TX$50,600620

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