Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers Salary in New Orleans, LA

Estimates come from the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in New Orleans, LA is $51,540, 12% lower than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and New Orleans sits within the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the New Orleans-Metairie, LA area, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers pay runs from $37,960 to $73,880 a year, with about 5.5K people employed.

Median annual

$51,540

Median hourly

$25

Average annual

$53,330

Employed in metro

5.5K

Pay distribution

10th$37,960

25th$44,130

Median$51,540

75th$60,600

90th$73,880

Salary calculator

Pay amountPay period

Hours / weekWeeks / year

Hourly: $24.78
Daily: $198
Weekly: $991
Bi-weekly: $1,982
Monthly: $4,295
Annual: $51,540

$51,540 a year is around the 50th percentile for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Driverss in New Orleans, LA. The median is $51,540.

New Orleans-Metairie, LA
Percentile	Hourly	Annual
10th percentile	$18.20	$37,960
25th percentile	$21.20	$44,130
Median	$24.80	$51,540
75th percentile	$29.10	$60,600
90th percentile	$35.50	$73,880
Average (mean)	$25.60	$53,330
Employment	5,500 people

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Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in other metro areas

Lincoln, NE$81,790
Fairbanks-College, AK$76,560
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$71,240
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$70,730
Morristown, TN$67,330
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$66,450
Anchorage, AK$66,190
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$65,040