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Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers: apprenticeship hours and pay
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Approved titles
3
RAPIDS codes
Shortest term
2,000 h
longest minimum 4,000 h
National median pay
$58,640
a year, BLS May 2025
Jobs nationally
2,062,040
BLS May 2025
Approved apprenticeship titles
- Training approaches
- competency-based, hybrid, time-based
- Shortest approved term
- 2,000 hours, Commercial Transport Driver, Propane (competency-based)
- State medians
- $70,100 in Alaska to $25,510 in Puerto Rico (54 states publish one)
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial Transport Driver, Propane | 0980 | Competency-Based: 2,000 hours Competency-Based (V3): 4,000 hours Competency-Based (V4): 2,000 hours Hybrid: 2,385 to 3,585 hours Hybrid (V2): 3,000 to 4,560 hours Time-Based: 3,000 hours Time-Based (V2): 2,000 hours |
| CONSTRUCTION DRIVER | 1032 | Competency-Based: 2,400 hours Hybrid: 2,400 to 3,000 hours Time-Based: 2,400 hours |
| Professional Tank Truck Driver | 3033 | Competency-Based: 2,000 hours Hybrid: 2,000 to 2,500 hours Time-Based: 2,000 hours |
What heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn, by state
| State | Median pay | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | $70,100 | $33.70 | 3,420 |
| Washington | $64,760 | $31.13 | 40,530 |
| District of Columbia | $64,170 | $30.85 | 830 |
| New Jersey | $63,570 | $30.56 | 47,980 |
| Massachusetts | $63,030 | $30.30 | 30,890 |
| Nevada | $62,290 | $29.95 | 15,010 |
| New York | $62,050 | $29.83 | 63,700 |
| Minnesota | $61,990 | $29.80 | 38,770 |
| Oregon | $61,980 | $29.80 | 23,970 |
| Colorado | $61,500 | $29.57 | 25,350 |
| North Dakota | $60,910 | $29.29 | 11,870 |
| Vermont | $60,830 | $29.25 | 3,560 |
| Utah | $60,620 | $29.15 | 25,060 |
| Connecticut | $60,490 | $29.08 | 15,740 |
| Illinois | $60,320 | $29.00 | 84,200 |
| Wyoming | $60,310 | $28.99 | 6,050 |
| Indiana | $60,290 | $28.99 | 59,090 |
| New Hampshire | $60,280 | $28.98 | 6,960 |
| California | $60,230 | $28.96 | 205,090 |
| Rhode Island | $60,190 | $28.94 | 3,620 |
| Hawaii | $59,820 | $28.76 | 4,070 |
| Ohio | $59,800 | $28.75 | 83,060 |
| Maryland | $59,360 | $28.54 | 29,150 |
| Kansas | $58,920 | $28.33 | 24,220 |
| Montana | $58,870 | $28.30 | 7,830 |
| Idaho | $58,770 | $28.26 | 15,920 |
| South Dakota | $58,690 | $28.21 | 6,470 |
| Tennessee | $58,620 | $28.18 | 64,890 |
| Wisconsin | $58,610 | $28.18 | 53,330 |
| Pennsylvania | $58,580 | $28.16 | 87,550 |
| Nebraska | $58,390 | $28.07 | 23,160 |
| Arizona | $58,080 | $27.92 | 40,150 |
| Iowa | $58,070 | $27.92 | 35,040 |
| Delaware | $57,590 | $27.69 | 9,040 |
| Michigan | $57,180 | $27.49 | 60,800 |
| Georgia | $57,050 | $27.43 | 74,840 |
| Maine | $57,050 | $27.43 | 9,980 |
| Virginia | $56,860 | $27.34 | 48,750 |
| Kentucky | $56,340 | $27.09 | 31,760 |
| Texas | $56,290 | $27.06 | 209,680 |
| Missouri | $54,550 | $26.23 | 47,760 |
| Oklahoma | $54,410 | $26.16 | 27,840 |
| Alabama | $52,120 | $25.06 | 36,650 |
| Mississippi | $51,820 | $24.92 | 24,160 |
| Arkansas | $51,550 | $24.79 | 32,220 |
| North Carolina | $51,530 | $24.77 | 62,400 |
| South Carolina | $51,130 | $24.58 | 34,170 |
| Florida | $50,640 | $24.34 | 112,920 |
| New Mexico | $50,500 | $24.28 | 11,820 |
| West Virginia | $49,480 | $23.79 | 12,190 |
| Louisiana | $49,320 | $23.71 | 28,540 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $43,270 | $20.80 | 240 |
| Guam | $38,760 | $18.64 | 480 |
| Puerto Rico | $25,510 | $12.26 | 10,480 |
Finding a program
How to find a sponsor that trains this title · Apprenticeship sponsors by state (25,633) · All approved occupations · CDL Training at schools and training centers
- Approved titles and terms: apprenticeship.gov approved occupations list, Last-Modified October 8, 2026, read October 8, 2026.
- Pay and jobs: BLS OEWS, May 2025, all industries, read October 8, 2026.