The annual salary statistics of heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $25,750 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $32,020 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $39,290 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $48,880 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $61,590 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $61,590. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $39,290. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,750.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 2-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $39,290 | -3.00% | -3.79% |
| 2013 | $40,470 | -0.77% | - |
| 2012 | $40,780 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $39,290 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is in the middle of salary range for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is 35.4 percent (35.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 2.3 percent (2.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area.