Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary in Stockton, CA

Median pay for heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers in Stockton, CA: $59,060/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $38,340 – $74,580 · about 9,770 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($51,330) by +$7,730 (+15%).

What it's really worth in Stockton

With Stockton's cost of living at 108 (US=100), that $59,060 has the buying power of about $54,905 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $82,837 · median home $531,785 · median rent $2,421/mo.

Full Stockton cost of living & taxes →

How Stockton ranks for this job

On raw pay, Stockton, CA is 19th of the 187 metros we hold heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers wages for. Once Stockton's cost of living is applied, it ranks 87th.

The headline number flatters Stockton. Once housing and everyday costs are taken into account, heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers here keep less of what they earn than the raw salary implies.

What that salary buys in Stockton

A median home in Stockton, CA costs $531,785 — about 9× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $2,421/mo works out at 49% of gross pay — above the conventional 30% affordability ceiling, so renting would stretch this salary.

Where heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Stockton.

Metro	Median pay	vs Stockton	Rent vs Stockton
Lincoln, NE	$89,760	+52%	0.6×
Seattle, WA	$63,460	+7%	0.9×
San Francisco, CA	$62,750	+6%	1.3×
San Jose, CA	$62,560	+6%	1.5×

Same job elsewhere in CA

Metro	Median pay	vs Stockton	Rent vs Stockton
San Francisco, CA	$62,750	+6%	1.3×
San Jose, CA	$62,560	+6%	1.5×
Santa Rosa, CA	$58,980	+0%	1.1×
Sacramento, CA	$58,700	−1%	0.9×

Staying in CA keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

Other jobs in Stockton