CDL Training in the Buffalo area

Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area

Programs

7 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$59,440

heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$7,432

of 1 with a cost, DOL WIOA list

CDL Training in the Buffalo area at a glance

Open to the public: 11 programs: 10 FMCSA registry locations, 1 known only from the WIOA list
Distance from Buffalo: 7 within 10 miles; nearest 1.0 miles, farthest 20.0 miles
Listed program cost: 1 of 11 list one: $7,432 (DOL WIOA list)
Length on the WIOA list: 2 listed programs give weeks: 5 to 6 weeks full time
On the WIOA list: 2 of 11 on New York's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Exam and licence fees: CDL permit application (covers the written tests taken at one time) $10; CDL road test $40 (read October 10, 2026)
Pay here: $59,440 median for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers ($28.58 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $46,440 to $78,580; 4,710 employed in the metro area; New York median $62,050 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

School or location	Where	Type	Program cost	Miles
National Tractor Trailer SchoolWIOA list	Buffalo	WIOA list only	$7,432	1.0
New York State Thruway Authority	Buffalo	Class A road	Not reported	1.4
Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center	Buffalo	Range or theory	Not reported	1.7
Stevens Driving School LLC	Buffalo	Class A road	Not reported	4.9
Wny CDL	Buffalo	Class A road	Not reported	4.9
Buffalo Tractor Trailer Institute, Inc.WIOA list	Blasdell	Class A road	Not reported	5.7
Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda UFSD	Buffalo	Class B road	Not reported	7.3
Fisher Bus Service, Inc.	Hamburg	Class B road	Not reported	10.9
All Class & CDL Driving Training LLC	North Tonawanda	Class A road	Not reported	14.4
160 Driving Academy	Sanborn	Class A road	Not reported	19.3
Thomas Blidy	North Collins	Class A road	Not reported	20.0

WIOA in New York: 3,039 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 70 of them CDL.
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