How much do heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

What the Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median says in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA at $60,340 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 31080.

BLS lists 61,270 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 $61,230 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA's Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is 2.9% 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 31080

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 53-3032 and area 31080. SOC 53-3032 names Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Area 31080 names Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 53-3032/31080 row has 61,270 wage and salary jobs. There are 9.77 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 0.74. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 53-3032/31080, the annual median is $60,340 per year, while the matching mean is $61,230 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 53-3032/31080 10th percentile: $42,910 per year.
• 53-3032/31080 25th percentile: $49,020 per year.
• 53-3032/31080 median: $60,340 per year.
• 53-3032/31080 75th percentile: $70,600 per year.
• 53-3032/31080 90th percentile: $80,120 per year.
• 53-3032/31080 employment RSE: 3.1%. Mean-wage RSE: 1.6%.
• 53-3032/31080 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 31080 facts behind this Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers page

Area 31080 reports 6,271,560 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $77,270. Its annual median is $55,850. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.5%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 53-3032 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA runs from $35,870 at the 10th percentile to $141,370 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $39,320. The median is $55,850. The 75th percentile is $93,740. 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 31080. They do not show related skills or a path into Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.

• 1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Area: 31080. SOC: 31-1120. Jobs: 385,530. Yearly median: $34,320. Jobs per 1,000: 61.47. Location quotient: 2.22.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 31080. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 160,270. Yearly median: $42,110. Jobs per 1,000: 25.55. Location quotient: 1.03.
• 3. Retail Salespersons. Area: 31080. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 130,650. Yearly median: $37,700. Jobs per 1,000: 20.83. Location quotient: 0.83.
• 4. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Area: 31080. SOC: 53-7062. Jobs: 120,720. Yearly median: $42,390. Jobs per 1,000: 19.25. Location quotient: 1.01.
• 5. Office Clerks, General. Area: 31080. SOC: 43-9061. Jobs: 112,270. Yearly median: $48,100. Jobs per 1,000: 17.9. Location quotient: 1.13.
• 6. Cashiers. Area: 31080. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 109,940. Yearly median: $36,980. Jobs per 1,000: 17.53. Location quotient: 0.88.

Read the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA wage ladder for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

The 10th percentile is $42,910 per year. The 25th percentile is $49,020 per year. The median is $60,340 per year. The 75th percentile is $70,600 per year. The 90th percentile is $80,120 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 $49,020 per year to $70,600 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $37,210. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA with its state and the U.S.

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has a annual median of $60,340 per year. California has $60,230 per year. The U.S. row has $58,640 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 0.2% above California on the same published median. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 2.9% 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA sits for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 72 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 72 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.

• 69. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $60,380 per year. BLS estimates 720 jobs. The location quotient is 0.45.
• 70. Coeur d'Alene, ID. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $60,370 per year. BLS estimates 810 jobs. The location quotient is 0.85.
• 71. Vineland, NJ. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $60,360 per year. BLS estimates 920 jobs. The location quotient is 1.11.
• 73. Boise City, ID. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $60,330 per year. BLS estimates 6,380 jobs. The location quotient is 1.23.
• 74. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $60,320 per year. BLS estimates 1,010 jobs. The location quotient is 0.6.
• 75. La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $60,300 per year. BLS estimates 2,100 jobs. The location quotient is 1.88.

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. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA sits at $60,340 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 $21,450 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 4,530 jobs there, compared with 61,270 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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 $16,220 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 590 jobs there, compared with 61,270 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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 $10,900 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 21,230 jobs there, compared with 61,270 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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 $10,390 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 5,360 jobs there, compared with 61,270 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The location quotient is 0.36.
• 5. Morristown, TN has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $67,330 per year, or $6,990 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 1,470 jobs there, compared with 61,270 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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 $6,110 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 16,450 jobs there, compared with 61,270 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The location quotient is 0.52.
• 7. Anchorage, AK has a Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $66,190 per year, or $5,850 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 1,620 jobs there, compared with 61,270 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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 $4,700 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 65,100 jobs there, compared with 61,270 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 61,270. 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 3,830 jobs from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its median is $65,040 per year, or $4,700 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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 940 jobs from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its median is $62,300 per year, or $1,960 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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 0 jobs from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its median is $60,340 per year, or $0 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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 5,600 jobs from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its median is $59,530 per year, or $810 below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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 11,520 jobs from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its median is $56,840 per year, or $3,500 below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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 19,440 jobs from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its median is $59,100 per year, or $1,240 below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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 21,040 jobs from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its median is $60,580 per year, or $240 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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 29,050 jobs from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its median is $59,370 per year, or $970 below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 0.74. 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 3.02 from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 5,460 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $49,010 per year, or $11,330 below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
• 2. Joplin, MO-KS has a location quotient of 3, a gap of 2.26 from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 3,470 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $47,430 per year, or $12,910 below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
• 3. Odessa, TX has a location quotient of 2.97, a gap of 2.23 from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 3,190 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $58,370 per year, or $1,970 below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
• 4. Sioux City, IA-NE-SD has a location quotient of 2.84, a gap of 2.10 from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 2,820 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $51,540 per year, or $8,800 below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
• 5. Midland, TX has a location quotient of 2.8, a gap of 2.06 from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 4,540 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $58,200 per year, or $2,140 below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
• 6. Yuba City, CA has a location quotient of 2.64, a gap of 1.90 from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 1,790 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $58,230 per year, or $2,110 below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
• 7. Stockton-Lodi, CA has a location quotient of 2.63, a gap of 1.89 from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 10,110 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $60,470 per year, or $130 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
• 8. Memphis, TN-MS-AR has a location quotient of 2.4, a gap of 1.66 from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 19,460 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs and a median of $63,070 per year, or $2,730 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.

How common Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers is in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

BLS lists 61,270 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It also lists 9.77 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 0.74. 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 lower 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

The all-occupations median in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $55,850 per year. The Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median is $60,340 per year. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers is 8.0% 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median of $58,590 per year. BLS lists 53,910 jobs and a location quotient of 0.97.
• 2. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median of $56,520 per year. BLS lists 47,890 jobs and a location quotient of 0.78.
• 3. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, SOC 43-6014, has a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median of $53,550 per year. BLS lists 58,800 jobs and a location quotient of 0.85.
• 4. Customer Service Representatives, SOC 43-4051, has a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median of $48,840 per year. BLS lists 66,590 jobs and a location quotient of 0.64.
• 5. Office Clerks, General, SOC 43-9061, has a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median of $48,100 per year. BLS lists 112,270 jobs and a location quotient of 1.13.
• 6. Nursing Assistants, SOC 31-1131, has a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median of $47,380 per year. BLS lists 43,090 jobs and a location quotient of 0.74.
• 7. First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, SOC 35-1012, has a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median of $46,970 per year. BLS lists 41,640 jobs and a location quotient of 0.84.
• 8. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary, SOC 25-9045, has a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median of $46,240 per year. BLS lists 53,010 jobs and a location quotient of 0.93.

The largest detailed roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA table, at 385,530 jobs. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 61,270 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 6,271,560. 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. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 385,530 jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 324,260 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $34,320 per year, or $26,020 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 2.22.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 160,270 jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 99,000 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $42,110 per year, or $18,230 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.03.
• 3. Retail Salespersons has 130,650 jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 69,380 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $37,700 per year, or $22,640 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.83.
• 4. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 120,720 jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 59,450 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $42,390 per year, or $17,950 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.01.
• 5. Office Clerks, General has 112,270 jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 51,000 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $48,100 per year, or $12,240 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.13.
• 6. Cashiers has 109,940 jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 48,670 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $36,980 per year, or $23,360 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.88.
• 7. Registered Nurses has 109,360 jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 48,090 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $135,560 per year, or $75,220 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.8.
• 8. General and Operations Managers has 104,610 jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 43,340 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its median is $125,830 per year, or $65,490 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.74.

Published role medians around Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Software Developers has the highest published median in the bounded Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA role table, at $160,920 per year. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has $60,340 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $55,850 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. Software Developers has a median of $160,920 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, or $100,580 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 55,540 jobs, compared with 61,270 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.82.
• 2. Registered Nurses has a median of $135,560 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, or $75,220 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 109,360 jobs, compared with 61,270 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.8.
• 3. General and Operations Managers has a median of $125,830 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, or $65,490 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 104,610 jobs, compared with 61,270 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.74.
• 4. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $101,860 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, or $41,520 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 44,790 jobs, compared with 61,270 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.8.
• 5. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $94,360 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, or $34,020 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 70,640 jobs, compared with 61,270 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.21.
• 6. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $82,750 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, or $22,410 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 50,470 jobs, compared with 61,270 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.15.
• 7. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a median of $79,450 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, or $19,110 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 50,470 jobs, compared with 61,270 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 1.
• 8. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $77,530 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, or $17,190 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 54,340 jobs, compared with 61,270 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Its location quotient is 0.94.

Roles with the largest local share in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Home Health and Personal Care Aides has the highest location quotient in the bounded Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA role table, at 2.22. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 0.74. 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. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has a location quotient of 2.22 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 1.48 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 385,530 jobs and a median of $34,320 per year, or $26,020 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 2. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 1.87 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 1.13 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 48,440 jobs and a median of $38,000 per year, or $22,340 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 3. Security Guards has a location quotient of 1.61 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 0.87 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 83,280 jobs and a median of $40,030 per year, or $20,310 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 4. Food Preparation Workers has a location quotient of 1.25 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 0.51 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 44,930 jobs and a median of $39,770 per year, or $20,570 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 5. Accountants and Auditors has a location quotient of 1.21 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 0.47 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 70,640 jobs and a median of $94,360 per year, or $34,020 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 6. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a location quotient of 1.15 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 0.41 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 50,470 jobs and a median of $82,750 per year, or $22,410 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 7. Office Clerks, General has a location quotient of 1.13 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 0.39 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 112,270 jobs and a median of $48,100 per year, or $12,240 below Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.
• 8. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a location quotient of 1.1 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 0.36 from Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. BLS lists 54,950 jobs and a median of $74,490 per year, or $14,150 above Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.

What $60,340 may mean after the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.6. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 13.6% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $60,340 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median by 113.6 divided by 100. The result is $53,132 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 170.4. Goods are 106.6. Utilities are 158.6. Other services are 104.4. 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA row

The employment RSE for this Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers row is 3.1%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.6%. 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 61,270 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $61,230 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. It uses a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 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 $60,340 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 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 61,270 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.74 is not a growth score. Rank 72 of 393 is not a place score. The 113.6 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 31080. 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.