SALARY · HEAVY AND TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK DRIVERS · NORTH DAKOTA

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary in North Dakota

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In North Dakota, the middle heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earned $60,910 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$60,910

$29 per hour at the median · That is $2,270 (3.9 percent) above the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

$63,330Mean annual salary
$30Mean hourly wage
$11,870People employed in this job in North Dakota

Salary range

25th: $52,310Median: $60,91075th: $67,110
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$52,310
Median (50th percentile)$60,910
75th percentile$67,110
Mean$63,330

The middle half of workers earned from $52,310 to $67,110 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$51,121 a year
$4,260 a month
Federal tax $5,129 · FICA $4,660 · State tax $0

Caveat: the 2026 Form ND-1ES bracket text was retrieved via a TaxFormFinder reproduction, not a direct tax.nd.gov PDF.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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