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Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers pay in Lincoln, NE and Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers is $81,790 per year in Lincoln, NE. It is $50,460 per year in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Lincoln, NE is 62.1% above Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-3032 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 4,530 wage and salary jobs in Lincoln, NE and 7,460 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.