Light Truck Drivers Salary in Missouri

At $45,500 a year, the median for light truck drivers in Missouri is close to the national median of $44,860 (+1%); Missouri ranks 20th of 51 states by median. That is 5% less than the median across all occupations in Missouri ($47,800). Among neighbouring states, Illinois pays more (up to $47,380 in Illinois) and Tennessee, Nebraska, Kansas, Kentucky, Iowa, Oklahoma and Arkansas pay less (down to $37,080 in Arkansas). Missouri employs 16,210 light truck drivers, 5.52 per 1,000 jobs, the 21st largest count of any state. A location quotient of 0.87 is close to the national share.

Missouri vs the United States, May 2025

Light Truck Drivers: wage percentiles, mean, employment, jobs per 1,000 and location quotient in Missouri and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Missouri	Hourly	$14.12	$17.58	$21.88	$27.60	$45.06	$24.19	16,210	5.52	0.87
Missouri	Annual	$29,370	$36,570	$45,500	$57,410	$93,710	$50,300	16,210	5.52	0.87
United States	Hourly	$14.81	$17.92	$21.57	$25.15	$38.61	$23.45	983,300	–	–
United States	Annual	$30,800	$37,270	$44,860	$52,310	$80,310	$48,770	983,300	–	–

Missouri annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

Rank by median: 20th of 51 states
Rank by employment: 21st of 51 states
Location quotient: 0.87
Jobs per 1,000: 5.52

Ranks count the 50 states and DC with a published value. The location quotient is the occupation's share of Missouri's employment divided by its national share; 1.00 means the same share as the nation. Take-home pay at these wages: FastCalc's take-home pay calculator.

Metropolitan areas in Missouri

8 metropolitan areas and 4 nonmetropolitan areas touching Missouri publish a row for light truck drivers, sorted by median. Areas crossing a state line are listed under every state they touch; a linked metro has its own profile.

Area	Median hourly	Median annual	10th pct (annual)	90th pct (annual)	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
St. Louis, MO-IL	$22.67	$47,150	$31,200	$93,710	7,180	5.35	0.85
St. Joseph, MO-KS	$22.34	$46,470	$30,130	$92,090	340	6.22	0.98
Kansas City, MO-KS	$21.77	$45,290	$30,920	$92,480	8,020	7.32	1.16
Springfield, MO	$21.06	$43,800	$29,610	$87,420	1,570	7.03	1.11
Jefferson City, MO	$20.57	$42,790	$28,630	$69,820	250	3.12	0.49
Columbia, MO	$20.53	$42,710	$28,900	$93,790	560	5.22	0.83
Joplin, MO-KS	$20.22	$42,050	$28,650	$84,120	540	6.22	0.98
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	$16.84	$35,020	$28,600	$54,100	210	4.78	0.76
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area	$20.03	$41,660	$28,600	$93,980	920	5.61	0.89
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area	$19.36	$40,270	$28,600	$94,670	960	6.17	0.98
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area	$18.55	$38,590	$28,600	$61,620	530	4.95	0.78
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area	$17.31	$36,010	$28,600	$55,240	330	4.11	0.65

Neighbouring states

State	Median hourly	Median annual	Employment	Location quotient
Missouri	$21.88	$45,500	16,210	0.87
Arkansas	$17.83	$37,080	9,340	1.13
Iowa	$20.56	$42,750	9,680	0.98
Illinois	$22.78	$47,380	47,190	1.22
Kansas	$21.03	$43,730	9,140	1.01
Kentucky	$20.78	$43,230	15,630	1.24
Nebraska	$21.21	$44,120	4,210	0.65
Oklahoma	$19.15	$39,840	10,020	0.93
Tennessee	$21.66	$45,050	33,710	1.63

See the national page for Light Truck Drivers (every state ranked) and the Missouri wage profile (every occupation in the state).

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Missouri estimates.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.