How much do heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers make in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN?

What the Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median says in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN at $61,980 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 53-3032 and BLS area 26900.

BLS lists 20,480 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $63,160 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN's Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is 5.7% above the U.S. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 53-3032 with area 26900

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 53-3032 and area 26900. SOC 53-3032 names Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Area 26900 names Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 53-3032/26900 row has 20,480 wage and salary jobs. There are 18.53 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.4. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 53-3032/26900, the annual median is $61,980 per year, while the matching mean is $63,160 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 53-3032/26900 10th percentile: $43,230 per year.
• 53-3032/26900 25th percentile: $50,670 per year.
• 53-3032/26900 median: $61,980 per year.
• 53-3032/26900 75th percentile: $74,360 per year.
• 53-3032/26900 90th percentile: $82,540 per year.
• 53-3032/26900 employment RSE: 3.7%. Mean-wage RSE: 1.1%.
• 53-3032/26900 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 26900 facts behind this Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers page

Area 26900 reports 1,105,170 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $65,180. Its annual median is $49,340. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 53-3032 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN runs from $29,790 at the 10th percentile to $107,270 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $37,200. The median is $49,340. The 75th percentile is $77,110. This is a place check, not a pay range for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.

The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 26900. They do not show related skills or a path into Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.

• 1. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Area: 26900. SOC: 53-7062. Jobs: 48,100. Yearly median: $44,180. Jobs per 1,000: 43.52. Location quotient: 2.29.
• 2. Retail Salespersons. Area: 26900. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 28,840. Yearly median: $31,530. Jobs per 1,000: 26.09. Location quotient: 1.04.
• 3. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 26900. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 28,400. Yearly median: $29,040. Jobs per 1,000: 25.7. Location quotient: 1.04.
• 4. Registered Nurses. Area: 26900. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 25,800. Yearly median: $84,230. Jobs per 1,000: 23.34. Location quotient: 1.07.
• 5. Stockers and Order Fillers. Area: 26900. SOC: 53-7065. Jobs: 25,630. Yearly median: $37,120. Jobs per 1,000: 23.19. Location quotient: 1.27.
• 6. Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Area: 26900. SOC: 31-1120. Jobs: 20,590. Yearly median: $35,060. Jobs per 1,000: 18.63. Location quotient: 0.67.

Read the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN wage ladder for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

The 10th percentile is $43,230 per year. The 25th percentile is $50,670 per year. The median is $61,980 per year. The 75th percentile is $74,360 per year. The 90th percentile is $82,540 per year.

A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.

The middle half runs from $50,670 per year to $74,360 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $39,310. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN with its state and the U.S.

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN has a annual median of $61,980 per year. Indiana has $60,290 per year. The U.S. row has $58,640 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 2.8% above Indiana on the same published median. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 5.7% above the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.

The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.

Where Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN sits for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN ranks 33 of 393 among metro areas with a published annual median for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 33 of 393 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 30. Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $62,240 per year. BLS estimates 670 jobs. The location quotient is 0.96.
• 31. Rochester, MN. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $62,180 per year. BLS estimates 1,260 jobs. The location quotient is 0.77.
• 32. Bismarck, ND. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $62,000 per year. BLS estimates 1,070 jobs. The location quotient is 1.13.
• 34. Iowa City, IA. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $61,960 per year. BLS estimates 2,360 jobs. The location quotient is 1.9.
• 35. St. Cloud, MN. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $61,960 per year. BLS estimates 2,140 jobs. The location quotient is 1.55.
• 36. Dothan, AL. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $61,900 per year. BLS estimates 1,640 jobs. The location quotient is 2.04.

Where Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 53-3032, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Lincoln, NE has the highest published median in this set, at $81,790 per year. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN sits at $61,980 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.

Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. Lincoln, NE has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $81,790 per year, or $19,810 above Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. BLS lists 4,530 jobs there, compared with 20,480 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. The location quotient is 1.87.
• 2. Fairbanks-College, AK has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $76,560 per year, or $14,580 above Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. BLS lists 590 jobs there, compared with 20,480 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. The location quotient is 1.21.
• 3. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $71,240 per year, or $9,260 above Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. BLS lists 21,230 jobs there, compared with 20,480 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. The location quotient is 0.77.
• 4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $70,730 per year, or $8,750 above Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. BLS lists 5,360 jobs there, compared with 20,480 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. The location quotient is 0.36.
• 5. Morristown, TN has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $67,330 per year, or $5,350 above Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. BLS lists 1,470 jobs there, compared with 20,480 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. The location quotient is 2.34.
• 6. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $66,450 per year, or $4,470 above Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. BLS lists 16,450 jobs there, compared with 20,480 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. The location quotient is 0.52.
• 7. Anchorage, AK has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $66,190 per year, or $4,210 above Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. BLS lists 1,620 jobs there, compared with 20,480 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. The location quotient is 0.69.
• 8. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $65,040 per year, or $3,060 above Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. BLS lists 65,100 jobs there, compared with 20,480 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. The location quotient is 0.52.

Where BLS counts the most Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in this same-source set, at 65,100 jobs. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN has 20,480. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.

A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.

Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.

• 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 65,100 estimated Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs, a gap of 44,620 jobs from Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Its median is $65,040 per year, or $3,060 above Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Its location quotient is 0.52.
• 2. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 62,210 estimated Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs, a gap of 41,730 jobs from Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Its median is $62,300 per year, or $320 above Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Its location quotient is 1.04.
• 3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 61,270 estimated Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs, a gap of 40,790 jobs from Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Its median is $60,340 per year, or $1,640 below Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Its location quotient is 0.74.
• 4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 55,670 estimated Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs, a gap of 35,190 jobs from Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Its median is $59,530 per year, or $2,450 below Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Its location quotient is 1.04.
• 5. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 49,750 estimated Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs, a gap of 29,270 jobs from Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Its median is $56,840 per year, or $5,140 below Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Its location quotient is 1.14.
• 6. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 41,830 estimated Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs, a gap of 21,350 jobs from Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Its median is $59,100 per year, or $2,880 below Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Its location quotient is 1.09.
• 7. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA has 40,230 estimated Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs, a gap of 19,750 jobs from Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Its median is $60,580 per year, or $1,400 below Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Its location quotient is 1.77.
• 8. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has 32,220 estimated Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs, a gap of 11,740 jobs from Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Its median is $59,370 per year, or $2,610 below Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Its location quotient is 0.84.

Where Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers takes the largest share of local jobs

Laredo, TX has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 3.76. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN has 1.4. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. Laredo, TX has a location quotient of 3.76, a gap of 2.36 from Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. BLS lists 5,460 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $49,010 per year, or $12,970 below Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN.
• 2. Joplin, MO-KS has a location quotient of 3, a gap of 1.60 from Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. BLS lists 3,470 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $47,430 per year, or $14,550 below Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN.
• 3. Odessa, TX has a location quotient of 2.97, a gap of 1.57 from Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. BLS lists 3,190 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $58,370 per year, or $3,610 below Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN.
• 4. Sioux City, IA-NE-SD has a location quotient of 2.84, a gap of 1.44 from Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. BLS lists 2,820 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $51,540 per year, or $10,440 below Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN.
• 5. Midland, TX has a location quotient of 2.8, a gap of 1.40 from Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. BLS lists 4,540 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $58,200 per year, or $3,780 below Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN.
• 6. Yuba City, CA has a location quotient of 2.64, a gap of 1.24 from Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. BLS lists 1,790 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $58,230 per year, or $3,750 below Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN.
• 7. Stockton-Lodi, CA has a location quotient of 2.63, a gap of 1.23 from Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. BLS lists 10,110 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $60,470 per year, or $1,510 below Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN.
• 8. Memphis, TN-MS-AR has a location quotient of 2.4, a gap of 1.00 from Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. BLS lists 19,460 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $63,070 per year, or $1,090 above Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN.

How common Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers is in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

BLS lists 20,480 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. It also lists 18.53 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.

The location quotient is 1.4. A value of 1 means Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.

Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers beside other roles in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

The all-occupations median in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is $49,340 per year. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $61,980 per year. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers is 25.6% above the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, SOC 25-2021, has a Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN median of $60,510 per year. BLS lists 8,610 jobs and a location quotient of 0.87.
• 2. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel, SOC 41-3091, has a Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN median of $65,850 per year. BLS lists 9,870 jobs and a location quotient of 1.11.
• 3. Construction Laborers, SOC 47-2061, has a Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN median of $51,040 per year. BLS lists 9,840 jobs and a location quotient of 1.26.
• 4. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, SOC 41-4012, has a Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN median of $74,000 per year. BLS lists 10,320 jobs and a location quotient of 1.17.
• 5. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN median of $49,520 per year. BLS lists 10,670 jobs and a location quotient of 0.98.
• 6. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, SOC 43-1011, has a Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN median of $74,680 per year. BLS lists 8,670 jobs and a location quotient of 0.85.
• 7. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN median of $48,750 per year. BLS lists 10,000 jobs and a location quotient of 1.02.
• 8. Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks, SOC 43-5071, has a Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN median of $48,650 per year. BLS lists 10,280 jobs and a location quotient of 1.77.

The largest detailed roles in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN table, at 48,100 jobs. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 20,480 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.

The all-occupations job count is 1,105,170. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.

A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 48,100 jobs in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, a gap of 27,620 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $44,180 per year, or $17,800 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 2.29.
• 2. Retail Salespersons has 28,840 jobs in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, a gap of 8,360 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $31,530 per year, or $30,450 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.04.
• 3. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 28,400 jobs in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, a gap of 7,920 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $29,040 per year, or $32,940 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.04.
• 4. Registered Nurses has 25,800 jobs in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, a gap of 5,320 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $84,230 per year, or $22,250 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.07.
• 5. Stockers and Order Fillers has 25,630 jobs in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, a gap of 5,150 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $37,120 per year, or $24,860 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.27.
• 6. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 20,590 jobs in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, a gap of 110 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $35,060 per year, or $26,920 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.67.
• 7. Cashiers has 20,090 jobs in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, a gap of 390 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $29,890 per year, or $32,090 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.92.
• 8. Office Clerks, General has 18,280 jobs in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, a gap of 2,200 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $45,930 per year, or $16,050 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.04.

Published role medians around Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN role table, at $120,480 per year. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has $61,980 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $49,340 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.

The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.

• 1. General and Operations Managers has a median of $120,480 per year in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, or $58,500 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 17,510 jobs, compared with 20,480 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.7.
• 2. Registered Nurses has a median of $84,230 per year in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, or $22,250 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 25,800 jobs, compared with 20,480 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.07.
• 3. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $79,290 per year in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, or $17,310 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 11,210 jobs, compared with 20,480 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.09.
• 4. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $74,680 per year in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, or $12,700 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 8,670 jobs, compared with 20,480 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.85.
• 5. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $74,000 per year in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, or $12,020 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 10,320 jobs, compared with 20,480 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.17.
• 6. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a median of $65,850 per year in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, or $3,870 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 9,870 jobs, compared with 20,480 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.11.
• 7. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $60,510 per year in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, or $1,470 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 8,610 jobs, compared with 20,480 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.87.
• 8. Construction Laborers has a median of $51,040 per year in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, or $10,940 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 9,840 jobs, compared with 20,480 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.26.

Roles with the largest local share in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has the highest location quotient in the bounded Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN role table, at 2.29. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 1.4. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has a location quotient of 2.29 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, a gap of 0.89 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 48,100 jobs and a median of $44,180 per year, or $17,800 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 2. Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks has a location quotient of 1.77 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, a gap of 0.37 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 10,280 jobs and a median of $48,650 per year, or $13,330 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 3. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators has a location quotient of 1.73 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, a gap of 0.33 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 9,540 jobs and a median of $45,670 per year, or $16,310 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 4. Stockers and Order Fillers has a location quotient of 1.27 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, a gap of 0.13 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 25,630 jobs and a median of $37,120 per year, or $24,860 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 5. Construction Laborers has a location quotient of 1.26 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, a gap of 0.14 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 9,840 jobs and a median of $51,040 per year, or $10,940 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 6. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 1.21 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, a gap of 0.19 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 8,260 jobs and a median of $46,030 per year, or $15,950 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 7. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a location quotient of 1.17 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, a gap of 0.23 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 10,320 jobs and a median of $74,000 per year, or $12,020 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 8. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a location quotient of 1.11 in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, a gap of 0.29 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 9,870 jobs and a median of $65,850 per year, or $3,870 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.

What $61,980 may mean after the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 95.7. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 4.3% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $61,980 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median by 95.7 divided by 100. The result is $64,768 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 88.9. Goods are 94.3. Utilities are 86.4. Other services are 99.1. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN row

The employment RSE for this Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers row is 3.7%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.1%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.

The employment RSE belongs to the 20,480 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $63,160 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.

A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.

Use Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. It uses a Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.

Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $61,980 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.

Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.

What the Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers row for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN does not claim

The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.

The 20,480 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.4 is not a growth score. Rank 33 of 393 is not a place score. The 95.7 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 53-3032 in BLS area 26900. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.