SALARY · HEAVY AND TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK DRIVERS · ALABAMA

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary in Alabama

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In Alabama, the middle heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earned $52,120 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$52,120

$25 per hour at the median · That is $6,520 (11.1 percent) below the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

$56,230Mean annual salary
$27Mean hourly wage
$36,650People employed in this job in Alabama

Salary range

25th: $44,640Median: $52,12075th: $64,870
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$44,640
Median (50th percentile)$52,120
75th percentile$64,870
Mean$56,230

The middle half of workers earned from $44,640 to $64,870 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$41,896 a year
$3,491 a month
Federal tax $4,074 · FICA $3,987 · State tax $2,162

Caveat: the Alabama 2026 Form 40 return instruction booklet was not retrieved as a single document. Brackets, standard deduction table and federal tax deduction rest on the 2026 Form 40ES worksheet and statute.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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