CDL Training in the Portland area

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area (Oregon, Washington)

Programs

7 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$63,800

heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, BLS May 2025

CDL Training in the Portland area at a glance

Open to the public: 17 programs: 17 FMCSA registry locations
Distance from Portland: 7 within 10 miles; nearest 3.1 miles, farthest 37.4 miles
Length on the WIOA list: 1 listed program gives weeks: 4 weeks full time
On the WIOA list: 1 of 17 on Washington's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Pay here: $63,800 median for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers ($30.67 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $49,090 to $85,590; 14,370 employed in the metro area; Oregon median $61,980 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

School or location	Where	Type	Miles
Ltl Transport INC	Portland, OR	Class A road	3.1
S&S CDL School LLC	Portland, OR	Class A road	3.1
Toro Trucking Academy	Portland, OR	Class A road	4.3
The Edison Group	Portland, OR	Class B road	6.1
Trans 360WIOA list	Vancouver, WA	Class A road	6.6
Elite Truck School	Portland, OR	Class A road	8.7
Gulick Trucking	Vancouver, WA	Class A road	8.9
160 Driving Academy	Clackamas, OR	Range or theory	12.0
160 Driving Academy	Clackamas, OR	Class A road	12.0
BVR Express	Wood Village, OR	Class A road	15.3
Driving Academy	Troutdale, OR	Class A road	15.3
Elite Truck School	Hillsboro, OR	Class A road	16.1
Elite Truck School	Brush Prairie, WA	Class A road	16.4
M & M Trucking School	Ridgefield, WA	Class A road	17.2
Starline CDL School	Woodland, WA	Class A road	27.4
Associated Arborists	McMinnville, OR	Class B road	37.4
Bti	McMinnville, OR	Class A road	37.4

WIOA in Oregon: 291 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 15 of them CDL.
Company-sponsored CDL training
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