How much do heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers make in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA?

What the Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median says in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA at $54,700 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 28700.

BLS lists 1,880 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 $53,580 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA's Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is 6.7% below 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 28700

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 53-3032 and area 28700. SOC 53-3032 names Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Area 28700 names Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 53-3032/28700 row has 1,880 wage and salary jobs. There are 15.72 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.19. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 53-3032/28700, the annual median is $54,700 per year, while the matching mean is $53,580 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 53-3032/28700 10th percentile: $39,060 per year.
• 53-3032/28700 25th percentile: $45,870 per year.
• 53-3032/28700 median: $54,700 per year.
• 53-3032/28700 75th percentile: $60,950 per year.
• 53-3032/28700 90th percentile: $69,580 per year.
• 53-3032/28700 employment RSE: 4.3%. Mean-wage RSE: 1.3%.
• 53-3032/28700 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 28700 facts behind this Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers page

Area 28700 reports 119,560 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $56,140. Its annual median is $45,240. 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 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA runs from $27,410 at the 10th percentile to $96,090 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $34,070. The median is $45,240. The 75th percentile is $63,910. 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 28700. They do not show related skills or a path into Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.

• 1. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 28700. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 4,170. Yearly median: $26,890. Jobs per 1,000: 34.87. Location quotient: 1.41.
• 2. Retail Salespersons. Area: 28700. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 3,620. Yearly median: $31,200. Jobs per 1,000: 30.25. Location quotient: 1.21.
• 3. Cashiers. Area: 28700. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 3,090. Yearly median: $27,420. Jobs per 1,000: 25.82. Location quotient: 1.3.
• 4. Stockers and Order Fillers. Area: 28700. SOC: 53-7065. Jobs: 2,910. Yearly median: $35,760. Jobs per 1,000: 24.3. Location quotient: 1.33.
• 5. Registered Nurses. Area: 28700. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 2,660. Yearly median: $76,730. Jobs per 1,000: 22.22. Location quotient: 1.02.
• 6. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Area: 28700. SOC: 53-7062. Jobs: 2,610. Yearly median: $35,300. Jobs per 1,000: 21.82. Location quotient: 1.15.

Read the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA wage ladder for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

The 10th percentile is $39,060 per year. The 25th percentile is $45,870 per year. The median is $54,700 per year. The 75th percentile is $60,950 per year. The 90th percentile is $69,580 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 $45,870 per year to $60,950 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $30,520. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA with its state and the U.S.

Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA has a annual median of $54,700 per year. Tennessee has $58,620 per year. The U.S. row has $58,640 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA is 6.7% below Tennessee on the same published median. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA is 6.7% below 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 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA sits for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA ranks 254 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 254 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.

• 251. Erie, PA. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $54,770 per year. BLS estimates 1,380 jobs. The location quotient is 0.86.
• 252. Abilene, TX. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $54,720 per year. BLS estimates 1,090 jobs. The location quotient is 1.09.
• 253. Oklahoma City, OK. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $54,720 per year. BLS estimates 10,170 jobs. The location quotient is 1.13.
• 255. Bloomington, IL. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $54,610 per year. BLS estimates 1,070 jobs. The location quotient is 0.92.
• 256. Ames, IA. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $54,510 per year. BLS estimates 640 jobs. The location quotient is 0.87.
• 257. Monroe, MI. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $54,510 per year. BLS estimates 1,090 jobs. The location quotient is 2.01.

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. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA sits at $54,700 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 $27,090 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 4,530 jobs there, compared with 1,880 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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 $21,860 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 590 jobs there, compared with 1,880 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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 $16,540 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 21,230 jobs there, compared with 1,880 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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 $16,030 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 5,360 jobs there, compared with 1,880 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. The location quotient is 0.36.
• 5. Morristown, TN has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $67,330 per year, or $12,630 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 1,470 jobs there, compared with 1,880 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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 $11,750 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 16,450 jobs there, compared with 1,880 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. The location quotient is 0.52.
• 7. Anchorage, AK has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $66,190 per year, or $11,490 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 1,620 jobs there, compared with 1,880 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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 $10,340 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 65,100 jobs there, compared with 1,880 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA has 1,880. 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 63,220 jobs from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its median is $65,040 per year, or $10,340 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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 60,330 jobs from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its median is $62,300 per year, or $7,600 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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 59,390 jobs from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its median is $60,340 per year, or $5,640 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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 53,790 jobs from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its median is $59,530 per year, or $4,830 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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 47,870 jobs from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its median is $56,840 per year, or $2,140 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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 39,950 jobs from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its median is $59,100 per year, or $4,400 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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 38,350 jobs from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its median is $60,580 per year, or $5,880 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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 30,340 jobs from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Its median is $59,370 per year, or $4,670 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA has 1.19. 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 2.57 from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 5,460 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $49,010 per year, or $5,690 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.
• 2. Joplin, MO-KS has a location quotient of 3, a gap of 1.81 from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 3,470 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $47,430 per year, or $7,270 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.
• 3. Odessa, TX has a location quotient of 2.97, a gap of 1.78 from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 3,190 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $58,370 per year, or $3,670 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.
• 4. Sioux City, IA-NE-SD has a location quotient of 2.84, a gap of 1.65 from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 2,820 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $51,540 per year, or $3,160 below Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.
• 5. Midland, TX has a location quotient of 2.8, a gap of 1.61 from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 4,540 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $58,200 per year, or $3,500 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.
• 6. Yuba City, CA has a location quotient of 2.64, a gap of 1.45 from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 1,790 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $58,230 per year, or $3,530 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.
• 7. Stockton-Lodi, CA has a location quotient of 2.63, a gap of 1.44 from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 10,110 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $60,470 per year, or $5,770 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.
• 8. Memphis, TN-MS-AR has a location quotient of 2.4, a gap of 1.21 from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. BLS lists 19,460 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $63,070 per year, or $8,370 above Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.

How common Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers is in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

BLS lists 1,880 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. It also lists 15.72 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 1.19. 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 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

The all-occupations median in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA is $45,240 per year. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $54,700 per year. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers is 20.9% 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 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. 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 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median of $58,130 per year. BLS lists 1,110 jobs and a location quotient of 1.04.
• 2. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, SOC 43-1011, has a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median of $60,690 per year. BLS lists 1,380 jobs and a location quotient of 1.25.
• 3. Industrial Machinery Mechanics, SOC 49-9041, has a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median of $62,300 per year. BLS lists 1,100 jobs and a location quotient of 3.24.
• 4. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median of $46,520 per year. BLS lists 1,430 jobs and a location quotient of 1.22.
• 5. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median of $45,670 per year. BLS lists 1,170 jobs and a location quotient of 1.1.
• 6. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011, has a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median of $45,410 per year. BLS lists 1,130 jobs and a location quotient of 1.31.
• 7. Construction Laborers, SOC 47-2061, has a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median of $45,370 per year. BLS lists 1,430 jobs and a location quotient of 1.69.
• 8. Light Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3033, has a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median of $41,590 per year. BLS lists 1,000 jobs and a location quotient of 1.32.

The largest detailed roles in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

Fast Food and Counter Workers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA table, at 4,170 jobs. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 1,880 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 119,560. 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. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 4,170 jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 2,290 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $26,890 per year, or $27,810 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.41.
• 2. Retail Salespersons has 3,620 jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 1,740 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $31,200 per year, or $23,500 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.21.
• 3. Cashiers has 3,090 jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 1,210 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $27,420 per year, or $27,280 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.3.
• 4. Stockers and Order Fillers has 2,910 jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 1,030 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $35,760 per year, or $18,940 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.33.
• 5. Registered Nurses has 2,660 jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 780 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $76,730 per year, or $22,030 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.02.
• 6. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 2,610 jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 730 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $35,300 per year, or $19,400 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.15.
• 7. Customer Service Representatives has 2,130 jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 250 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $36,130 per year, or $18,570 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.07.
• 8. General and Operations Managers has 2,030 jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 150 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $97,450 per year, or $42,750 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.76.

Published role medians around Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA role table, at $97,450 per year. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has $54,700 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $45,240 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 $97,450 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, or $42,750 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 2,030 jobs, compared with 1,880 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.76.
• 2. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $76,820 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, or $22,120 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 880 jobs, compared with 1,880 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.7.
• 3. Registered Nurses has a median of $76,730 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, or $22,030 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 2,660 jobs, compared with 1,880 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.02.
• 4. Industrial Machinery Mechanics has a median of $62,300 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, or $7,600 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 1,100 jobs, compared with 1,880 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 3.24.
• 5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $60,690 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, or $5,990 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 1,380 jobs, compared with 1,880 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.25.
• 6. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $58,130 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, or $3,430 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 1,110 jobs, compared with 1,880 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.04.
• 7. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has a median of $46,520 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, or $8,180 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 1,430 jobs, compared with 1,880 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.22.
• 8. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks has a median of $45,670 per year in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, or $9,030 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 1,170 jobs, compared with 1,880 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.1.

Roles with the largest local share in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

Industrial Machinery Mechanics has the highest location quotient in the bounded Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA role table, at 3.24. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 1.19. 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. Industrial Machinery Mechanics has a location quotient of 3.24 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 2.05 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 1,100 jobs and a median of $62,300 per year, or $7,600 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 2. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 2.16 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 0.97 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 1,600 jobs and a median of $36,800 per year, or $17,900 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 3. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 1.82 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 0.63 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 1,960 jobs and a median of $39,480 per year, or $15,220 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 4. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a location quotient of 1.7 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 0.51 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 880 jobs and a median of $76,820 per year, or $22,120 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 5. Construction Laborers has a location quotient of 1.69 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 0.50 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 1,430 jobs and a median of $45,370 per year, or $9,330 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 6. Fast Food and Counter Workers has a location quotient of 1.41 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 0.22 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 4,170 jobs and a median of $26,890 per year, or $27,810 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 7. Food Preparation Workers has a location quotient of 1.35 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 0.16 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 930 jobs and a median of $28,020 per year, or $26,680 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 8. Stockers and Order Fillers has a location quotient of 1.33 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, a gap of 0.14 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 2,910 jobs and a median of $35,760 per year, or $18,940 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.

What $54,700 may mean after the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA is 86.4. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 13.6% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $54,700 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median by 86.4 divided by 100. The result is $63,276 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 56.5. Goods are 96.2. Utilities are 75.9. Other services are 95.8. 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 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA row

The employment RSE for this Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers row is 4.3%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.3%. 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 1,880 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $53,580 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 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. It uses a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA 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 $54,700 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 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA 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 1,880 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.19 is not a growth score. Rank 254 of 393 is not a place score. The 86.4 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 28700. 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.