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CDL Training in the Seattle area
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area
Programs
32
9 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$71,240
heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, BLS May 2025
CDL Training in the Seattle area at a glance
- Open to the public
- 32 programs: 1 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 31 FMCSA registry locations
- Distance from Seattle
- 9 within 10 miles; nearest 0.1 miles, farthest 58.7 miles
- Length on the WIOA list
- 8 listed programs give weeks: 4 to 22 weeks full time
- Completions, 2023-24
- 1 CDL awards at the 1 college that reported any (IPEDS)
- On the WIOA list
- 11 of 32 on Washington's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle 80% of exiters employed in the second quarter (7 report it); middle completion 85% (7 report it)
- Pay here
- $71,240 median for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers ($34.25 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $55,980 to $93,810; 21,230 employed in the metro area; Washington median $64,760 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
CDL programs, nearest to Seattle first
| School or location | Where | Type | Completions | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTL Driving School | Kent | Class A road | 0.1 | |
| Seattle Truck Driving School, LLC | Kent | Class A road | 3.2 | |
| Toro Trucking Academy | Kent | Class A road | 3.2 | |
| CDL Avenue | Kent | Class A road | 3.3 | |
| Commercial Driver SchoolWIOA list | Auburn | Class A road | 5.7 | |
| Harlow's School Bus Service Inc. of Montana | Auburn | Class B road | 5.7 | |
| 160 Driving AcademyWIOA list | Renton | Range or theory | 5.8 | |
| A Class TrainingWIOA list | Auburn | Class A road | 6.2 | |
| Psesd Transportation | Pacific | Class B road | 9.2 | |
| National Standard Trucking SchoolWIOA list | Milton | Class A road | 10.1 | |
| Eliteone Academy LLC | Tacoma | Class A road | 11.7 | |
| Fife SD Transportation | Tacoma | Class B road | 11.7 | |
| New Sound CDL SchoolWIOA list | Fife | Class A road | 11.7 | |
| Fleet Safety Consultants LLC | Puyallup WA | Class A road | 12.8 | |
| Bates Technical CollegeWIOA list | Tacoma | Certificate | 1 | 13.1 |
| Chief Leschi Schools | Puyallup | Class B road | 13.6 | |
| Tahoma School District | Maple Valley | Class B road | 14.2 | |
| Clover Park Technical College | Tacoma | Class A road | 14.6 | |
| Drm CDL Testing Or TrainingWIOA list | Tacoma | Class A road | 14.6 | |
| Clover Park Technical College | Puyallup | Class B road | 18.2 | |
| Tacoma Truck School LLCWIOA list | Tacoma | Class A road | 18.8 | |
| Franklin Pierce School District Transportation | Tacoma | Class B road | 18.9 | |
| Toro Trucking Academy | Tacoma | Class A road | 18.9 | |
| Clover Park Technical College | Lakewood | Class A road | 19.5 | |
| Commercial Driver SchoolWIOA list | Lakewood | Class A road | 19.5 | |
| Bethel School District Transportation | Puyallup | Class B road | 20.2 | |
| Riverview School District | Carnation | Class B road | 28.7 | |
| Dirt Road LLC | Monroe | Class A road | 36.5 | |
| Pegasus CDL, Inc.WIOA list | Everett | Class A road | 41.7 | |
| Marysville School District | Marysville | Class B road | 46.2 | |
| Oxy Driving SchoolWIOA list | Marysville | Class A road | 46.2 | |
| Arlington Public Schools | Arlington | Class B road | 58.7 |
- College programs, cost and completions: IPEDS complete data files, 2024-25 collection, read October 8, 2026.
- 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, read October 8, 2026.
Paying for training
- WIOA in Washington: 5,195 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 230 of them CDL.
- Company-sponsored CDL training
- GI Bill
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