SOC 53-3032 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers make in Arecibo, PR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Arecibo, PR is $23,840. The 10th percentile is $22,120 and the 90th percentile is $31,130. Employment is 430.

Median annual wage

$23,840

10th percentile
$22,120
25th percentile
$22,920
Median
$23,840
75th percentile
$27,460
90th percentile
$31,130
Mean
$26,350

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder in a hard hat on a metal structure. Photograph by FBenjr123. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, the published 10th percentile is $22,120 and the 90th percentile is $31,130. The difference is $9,010, which is 37.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $22,920 to the 75th at $27,460, covers $4,540.

The mean annual wage is $26,350, which sits above the median of $23,840. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Arecibo, PR median is 59.3% lower than the national median of $58,640 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers.

It is 6.5% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $25,510.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Arecibo, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Arecibo, PR ranks 4th of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Aguadilla, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $23,390 and employment of 600. That median is 1.9% lower than the median here.
  • Ponce, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $23,490 and employment of 640. That median is 1.5% lower than the median here.
  • Mayaguez, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $25,270 and employment of 600. That median is 6% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers accounts for 1.2% of wage-and-salary employment in Arecibo, PR (430 of 34,720). Nationally the occupation is 1.3% of employment (2,062,040 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.93 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers make in Arecibo, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Arecibo, PR is $23,840. The 10th percentile is $22,120 and the 90th percentile is $31,130. Employment is 430.

How does that compare with the national median for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers?

The local median is 59.3% lower than the national median of $58,640.

How does Arecibo, PR compare with nearby metros for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers?

Aguadilla, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 22 miles away, at $23,390. Arecibo, PR ranks 4th of 6 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.