Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers Salary — Dover, Delaware

The average Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Dover, Delaware earns $53,900 a year.

$53,900 / year, mean
↓ 10.6% below national average 100th percentile in Delaware

Dover sits at the very top of the range for this role in Delaware — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's noticeably below the national average for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Delaware

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
1,440
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.7%
Cost of living 98 #80 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1871 #100 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $372,156 #66 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $72,872 #86 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Dover ranks #80 for cost of living and #66 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Seattle $71,980 San Jose $70,730 San Francisco $69,260 New York $69,020 Portland $66,890 Longview $66,310 Kennewick $66,300 Bremerton $66,120 Mount Vernon $65,910 Chicago $65,170 Kiryas Joel $64,900 Syracuse $64,740 Bellingham $64,520 Olympia $64,440 Riverside $64,130 Harrisburg $63,960 Santa Rosa $63,580 Spokane $63,480 Lexington $63,290 Napa $63,210 Indianapolis $63,160 Bend $63,040 Louisville $62,930 Dallas $62,720 Albany $62,690 Decatur $62,550 Rockford $62,440 Wenatchee $62,440 Vallejo $62,430 Trenton $62,290 Philadelphia $62,060 Sacramento $62,060 Albany $62,020 Buffalo $61,990 Stockton $61,820 Kingston $61,650 Lebanon $61,590 Allentown $61,540 Salem $61,480 Vineland $61,470 Los Angeles $61,230 Killeen $60,890 Baltimore $60,770 York $60,560 Rochester $60,460 Binghamton $60,330 San Luis Obispo $60,260 Bloomington $60,240 Santa Cruz $60,240 San Diego $60,180 Midland $60,170 Corvallis $60,150 Richmond $60,130 Reading $59,860 Medford $59,830 Walla Walla $59,520 Eugene $59,410 Glens Falls $59,400 Oxnard $59,210 Atlantic City $59,190 Odessa $59,190 Pittsburgh $59,050 Scranton $59,040 Kokomo $59,010 Grants Pass $58,940 Fort Wayne $58,880 Ithaca $58,720 Utica $58,720 Lancaster $58,680 Winchester $58,640 Visalia $58,610 Modesto $58,500 Austin $58,460 Merced $58,420 Elmira $58,320 Ann Arbor $58,260 Houston $58,160 Detroit $58,070 Roanoke $58,040 Lakeland $58,030 Yuba City $58,000 Lafayette $57,950 Elkhart $57,920 Yakima $57,800 Evansville $57,770 Amarillo $57,650 Champaign $57,590 Bay City $57,550 Michigan City $57,540 Harrisonburg $57,520 Muncie $57,470 Bloomington $57,410 Columbus $57,340 Chambersburg $57,160 Hagerstown $57,160 Blacksburg $57,110 Chico $57,110 Jacksonville $57,080 Staunton $57,030 Eagle Pass $57,000 Grand Rapids $56,990 Lexington Park $56,980 South Bend $56,910 Williamsport $56,720 Sherman $56,710 State College $56,680 Watertown $56,670 Santa Maria $56,630 Abilene $56,610 Beaumont $56,560 Bakersfield $56,530 San Antonio $56,430 El Centro $56,410 Wheeling $56,390 Redding $56,330 Salinas $56,250 Terre Haute $56,180 Bowling Green $56,130 Miami $56,080 Fresno $55,990 Longview $55,940 Springfield $55,790 Lansing $55,640 Salisbury $55,550 Battle Creek $55,320 Erie $55,320 Gettysburg $55,250 Lynchburg $55,150 Orlando $55,100 Traverse City $55,070 Kalamazoo $55,060 Paducah $55,050 Peoria $55,020 Ocala $54,910 Weirton $54,810 Lubbock $54,630 El Paso $54,600 Tampa $54,470 Victoria $54,330 Waco $54,310 Monroe $54,210 Jackson $54,200 Altoona $54,150 Charlottesville $54,080 Sarasota $54,070 Tyler $53,980 Owensboro $53,970 Charleston $53,950 Dover $53,900 Hanford $53,700 Virginia Beach $53,660 Wichita Falls $53,630 Huntington $53,570 Laredo $53,470 Naples $53,340 Saginaw $53,270 Elizabethtown $52,990 Texarkana $52,850 Corpus Christi $52,670 Midland $52,580 San Angelo $52,490 Port St. Lucie $52,430 Beckley $52,350 College Station $52,130 Fort Myers $51,990 Brownsville $51,980 Flint $51,930 Gainesville $51,850 Deltona $51,740 Muskegon $51,730 Niles $51,680 Morgantown $51,110 Johnstown $50,950 Kankakee $50,830 Panama City $50,580 Palm Bay $50,550 Tallahassee $50,320 Parkersburg $50,230 McAllen $50,130 Pensacola $49,670 Sebastian $49,340 Crestview $49,020 Punta Gorda $48,810 Wildwood $47,900 Sebring $47,530 Homosassa Springs $45,860
CityMean salaryvs. Dover
Abilene, Texas$56,610+5.0%
Albany, Oregon$62,020+15.1%
Albany, New York$62,690+16.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$61,540+14.2%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$54,150+0.5%
Amarillo, Texas$57,650+7.0%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$58,260+8.1%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$59,190+9.8%
Austin, Texas$58,460+8.5%
Bakersfield, California$56,530+4.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$60,770+12.7%
Battle Creek, Michigan$55,320+2.6%
Bay City, Michigan$57,550+6.8%
Beaumont, Texas$56,560+4.9%
Beckley, West Virginia$52,350-2.9%
Bellingham, Washington$64,520+19.7%
Bend, Oregon$63,040+17.0%
Binghamton, New York$60,330+11.9%
Blacksburg, Virginia$57,110+6.0%
Bloomington, Illinois$57,410+6.5%
Bloomington, Indiana$60,240+11.8%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$56,130+4.1%
Bremerton, Washington$66,120+22.7%
Brownsville, Texas$51,980-3.6%
Buffalo, New York$61,990+15.0%
Fort Myers, Florida$51,990-3.5%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$57,160+6.0%
Champaign, Illinois$57,590+6.8%
Charleston, West Virginia$53,950+0.1%
Charlottesville, Virginia$54,080+0.3%
Chicago, Illinois$65,170+20.9%
Chico, California$57,110+6.0%
College Station, Texas$52,130-3.3%
Columbus, Indiana$57,340+6.4%
Corpus Christi, Texas$52,670-2.3%
Corvallis, Oregon$60,150+11.6%
Crestview, Florida$49,020-9.1%
Dallas, Texas$62,720+16.4%
Decatur, Illinois$62,550+16.0%
Deltona, Florida$51,740-4.0%
Detroit, Michigan$58,070+7.7%
Eagle Pass, Texas$57,000+5.8%
El Centro, California$56,410+4.7%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$52,990-1.7%
Elkhart, Indiana$57,920+7.5%
Elmira, New York$58,320+8.2%
El Paso, Texas$54,600+1.3%
Erie, Pennsylvania$55,320+2.6%
Eugene, Oregon$59,410+10.2%
Evansville, Indiana$57,770+7.2%
Flint, Michigan$51,930-3.7%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$58,880+9.2%
Fresno, California$55,990+3.9%
Gainesville, Florida$51,850-3.8%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$55,250+2.5%
Glens Falls, New York$59,400+10.2%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$56,990+5.7%
Grants Pass, Oregon$58,940+9.4%
Hagerstown, Maryland$57,160+6.0%
Hanford, California$53,700-0.4%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$63,960+18.7%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$57,520+6.7%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$45,860-14.9%
Houston, Texas$58,160+7.9%
Huntington, West Virginia$53,570-0.6%
Indianapolis, Indiana$63,160+17.2%
Ithaca, New York$58,720+8.9%
Jackson, Michigan$54,200+0.6%
Jacksonville, Florida$57,080+5.9%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$50,950-5.5%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$55,060+2.2%
Kankakee, Illinois$50,830-5.7%
Kennewick, Washington$66,300+23.0%
Killeen, Texas$60,890+13.0%
Kingston, New York$61,650+14.4%
Kiryas Joel, New York$64,900+20.4%
Kokomo, Indiana$59,010+9.5%
Lafayette, Indiana$57,950+7.5%
Lakeland, Florida$58,030+7.7%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$58,680+8.9%
Lansing, Michigan$55,640+3.2%
Laredo, Texas$53,470-0.8%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$61,590+14.3%
Lexington, Kentucky$63,290+17.4%
Lexington Park, Maryland$56,980+5.7%
Longview, Texas$55,940+3.8%
Longview, Washington$66,310+23.0%
Los Angeles, California$61,230+13.6%
Louisville, Kentucky$62,930+16.8%
Lubbock, Texas$54,630+1.4%
Lynchburg, Virginia$55,150+2.3%
McAllen, Texas$50,130-7.0%
Medford, Oregon$59,830+11.0%
Merced, California$58,420+8.4%
Miami, Florida$56,080+4.0%
Michigan City, Indiana$57,540+6.8%
Midland, Michigan$52,580-2.4%
Midland, Texas$60,170+11.6%
Modesto, California$58,500+8.5%
Monroe, Michigan$54,210+0.6%
Morgantown, West Virginia$51,110-5.2%
Mount Vernon, Washington$65,910+22.3%
Muncie, Indiana$57,470+6.6%
Muskegon, Michigan$51,730-4.0%
Napa, California$63,210+17.3%
Naples, Florida$53,340-1.0%
New York, New York$69,020+28.1%
Niles, Michigan$51,680-4.1%
Sarasota, Florida$54,070+0.3%
Ocala, Florida$54,910+1.9%
Odessa, Texas$59,190+9.8%
Olympia, Washington$64,440+19.6%
Orlando, Florida$55,100+2.2%
Owensboro, Kentucky$53,970+0.1%
Oxnard, California$59,210+9.9%
Paducah, Kentucky$55,050+2.1%
Palm Bay, Florida$50,550-6.2%
Panama City, Florida$50,580-6.2%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$50,230-6.8%
Pensacola, Florida$49,670-7.8%
Peoria, Illinois$55,020+2.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$62,060+15.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$59,050+9.6%
Portland, Oregon$66,890+24.1%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$52,430-2.7%
Punta Gorda, Florida$48,810-9.4%
Reading, Pennsylvania$59,860+11.1%
Redding, California$56,330+4.5%
Richmond, Virginia$60,130+11.6%
Riverside, California$64,130+19.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$58,040+7.7%
Rochester, New York$60,460+12.2%
Rockford, Illinois$62,440+15.8%
Sacramento, California$62,060+15.1%
Saginaw, Michigan$53,270-1.2%
Salem, Oregon$61,480+14.1%
Salinas, California$56,250+4.4%
Salisbury, Maryland$55,550+3.1%
San Angelo, Texas$52,490-2.6%
San Antonio, Texas$56,430+4.7%
San Diego, California$60,180+11.7%
San Francisco, California$69,260+28.5%
San Jose, California$70,730+31.2%
San Luis Obispo, California$60,260+11.8%
Santa Cruz, California$60,240+11.8%
Santa Maria, California$56,630+5.1%
Santa Rosa, California$63,580+18.0%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$59,040+9.5%
Seattle, Washington$71,980+33.5%
Sebastian, Florida$49,340-8.5%
Sebring, Florida$47,530-11.8%
Sherman, Texas$56,710+5.2%
South Bend, Indiana$56,910+5.6%
Spokane, Washington$63,480+17.8%
Springfield, Illinois$55,790+3.5%
State College, Pennsylvania$56,680+5.2%
Staunton, Virginia$57,030+5.8%
Stockton, California$61,820+14.7%
Syracuse, New York$64,740+20.1%
Tallahassee, Florida$50,320-6.6%
Tampa, Florida$54,470+1.1%
Terre Haute, Indiana$56,180+4.2%
Texarkana, Texas$52,850-1.9%
Traverse City, Michigan$55,070+2.2%
Trenton, New Jersey$62,290+15.6%
Tyler, Texas$53,980+0.1%
Utica, New York$58,720+8.9%
Vallejo, California$62,430+15.8%
Victoria, Texas$54,330+0.8%
Vineland, New Jersey$61,470+14.0%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$53,660-0.4%
Visalia, California$58,610+8.7%
Waco, Texas$54,310+0.8%
Walla Walla, Washington$59,520+10.4%
Watertown, New York$56,670+5.1%
Weirton, West Virginia$54,810+1.7%
Wenatchee, Washington$62,440+15.8%
Wheeling, West Virginia$56,390+4.6%
Wichita Falls, Texas$53,630-0.5%
Wildwood, Florida$47,900-11.1%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$56,720+5.2%
Winchester, Virginia$58,640+8.8%
Yakima, Washington$57,800+7.2%
York, Pennsylvania$60,560+12.4%
Yuba City, California$58,000+7.6%
Gross salary
53,900/yr
Estimated take-home
43,064/yr
Est. total withheld
20.1%

Single filer, federal + Delaware state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 53-3032 SOC code
Official area Dover, DE BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 20100 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: de_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
185,043