CDL Training in the Santa Cruz area

Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA metro area

Programs

12 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$59,500

heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, BLS May 2025

CDL Training in the Santa Cruz area at a glance

Open to the public: 12 programs: 12 FMCSA registry locations
Distance from Santa Cruz: 12 within 10 miles; nearest 4.1 miles, farthest 9.3 miles
Length on the WIOA list: 1 listed program gives weeks: 5 weeks full time
On the WIOA list: 1 of 12 on California's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Exam and licence fees: Commercial Class A or B license, original application $100; Commercial driving or skill retest $46 (read October 10, 2026)
Pay here: $59,500 median for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers ($28.60 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $39,120 to $81,470; 750 employed in the metro area; California median $60,230 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

School or location	Where	Type	Miles
Discovery	Castroville	Class B road	4.1
Nmcusd	Salinas	Class B road	5.7
MTS Training Academy, Inc.	Watsonville	Class A road	7.6
Pajaro Valley Unified School District	Watsonville	Class B road	7.6
Pajaro Valley Unified School District	Watsonville	Class B road	7.6
Pj Trucking Academy	Watsonville	Class A road	7.6
Pj Trucking Academy	La Selva Beach	Class A road	7.6
Truck Driver InstituteWIOA list	Pajaro	Class A road	7.6
Coastal Trucking Institute, LLC	Salinas	Range or theory	9.3
Coastal Trucking Institute, LLC	Salinas	Class A road	9.3
Double R Investments LLC	Salinas	Class A road	9.3
Santa Rita Union School District	Salinas	Class B road	9.3

WIOA in California: 4,171 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 104 of them CDL.
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