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CDL Training in the Kansas City area
Kansas City, MO-KS metro area (Kansas, Missouri)
Programs
20
9 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$60,170
heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, BLS May 2025
CDL Training in the Kansas City area at a glance
- Open to the public
- 20 programs: 20 FMCSA registry locations
- Distance from Kansas City
- 9 within 10 miles; nearest 2.3 miles, farthest 37.0 miles
- Length on the WIOA list
- 2 listed programs give weeks: 1 to 5 weeks full time
- On the WIOA list
- 4 of 20 on Kansas's or Missouri's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle completion 94% (3 report it)
- Pay here
- $60,170 median for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers ($28.93 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $44,070 to $80,900; 18,230 employed in the metro area; Missouri median $54,550 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
CDL programs, nearest to Kansas City first
| School or location | Where | Type | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson's Industries LLC | Raytown, MO | Class A road | 2.3 |
| Zeta Driving School | Kansas City, MO | Class A road | 3.1 |
| 20 Twenty Training Center | Kansas City, MO | Class A road | 5.2 |
| Huddleston Machinery Moving Inc | Kansas City, MO | Class A road | 5.5 |
| EK ManagementWIOA list | Kansas City, MO | Class A road | 5.6 |
| CDL Ready | Lee's Summit, MO | Class A road | 8.4 |
| Ares CDL Institute | Kansas City, KS | Class A road | 9.0 |
| Dlts | Leawood, KS | Class A road | 9.4 |
| Kingdom Trucking Academy | Overland Park, KS | Class A road | 9.4 |
| CDL ProsWIOA list | Independence, MO | Class A road | 10.6 |
| Metropolitan Community College | Independence, MO | Class A road | 10.6 |
| Apex Technical InstituteWIOA list | Kansas City, KS | Class A road | 12.3 |
| Fort Osage School District | Independence, MO | Class B road | 15.1 |
| Nrti | Kansas City, MO | Class A road | 19.0 |
| Zeta Driving SchoolWIOA list | Lenexa, KS | Class A road | 20.3 |
| Love All Transport And Delivery LLC | Kansas City, KS | Class A road | 20.6 |
| Johnson County Community College | Gardner, KS | Class A road | 27.2 |
| Pruett Transportation LLC | Freeman, MO | Class A road | 28.3 |
| Kelrock Enterprises LLC | Odessa, MO | Range or theory | 29.7 |
| Lexington Diesel | Lexington, MO | Class B road | 37.0 |
- WIOA list: DOL TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171), read October 8, 2026.
- Training registry: FMCSA Training Provider Registry location file, read October 27, 2026.
- Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025, Kansas City, MO-KS, read October 8, 2026.
Paying for training
- WIOA in Missouri: 3,841 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 50 of them CDL.
- Company-sponsored CDL training
- GI Bill
Other Missouri metro areas
- St. Louis area29 programs
- Springfield area6 programs
- Joplin area3 programs