SALARY · HEAVY AND TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK DRIVERS · NORTH CAROLINA

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary in North Carolina

Averages can hide a lot. Medians hide less. That is why this page leads with the median for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in North Carolina: $51,530 a year. The mean is listed too, so you can see when a small group of high earners pulls the average upward.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$51,530

$25 per hour at the median · That is $7,110 (12.1 percent) below the national median of $58,640 for this occupation.

$55,810Mean annual salary
$27Mean hourly wage
$62,400People employed in this job in North Carolina

Salary range

25th: $46,320Median: $51,53075th: $62,640
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$46,320
Median (50th percentile)$51,530
75th percentile$62,640
Mean$55,810

The middle half of workers earned from $46,320 to $62,640 a year. Do not read the percentile range as good versus bad jobs. It mostly reflects experience, hours, employer type and local demand. A new starter near the 25th percentile and a veteran near the 75th can both be fairly paid for their stage.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$42,037 a year
$3,503 a month
Federal tax $4,004 · FICA $3,942 · State tax $1,547

Caveat: the North Carolina rate is from NCDOR, but the $12,750 deduction comes from the statute text, not an NCDOR deduction page.

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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