SOC 53-3033 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Light Truck Drivers make in Idaho Falls, ID?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Light Truck Drivers in Idaho Falls, ID is $38,880. The 10th percentile is $30,310 and the 90th percentile is $56,140. Employment is 710.

Median annual wage

$38,880

10th percentile
$30,310
25th percentile
$34,120
Median
$38,880
75th percentile
$43,680
90th percentile
$56,140
Mean
$41,370

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Paramedics in an ambulance. Photograph by Jim Legans, Jr.. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Light Truck Drivers, the published 10th percentile is $30,310 and the 90th percentile is $56,140. The difference is $25,830, which is 66.4% 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 $34,120 to the 75th at $43,680, covers $9,560.

The mean annual wage is $41,370, which sits above the median of $38,880. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Idaho Falls, ID median is 13.3% lower than the national median of $44,860 for Light Truck Drivers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $41,181, which is 8.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 12.4% lower than the Idaho median of $44,370.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Idaho Falls, ID is 94.412, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,880 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Light Truck Drivers at $41,181 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Light Truck Drivers. Idaho Falls, ID ranks 7th of 7 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).).

  • Pocatello, ID is 65 miles away, with a median of $40,210 and employment of 190. That median is 3.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,228, against $41,181 here.
  • Logan, UT-ID is 124 miles away, with a median of $42,990 and employment of 320. That median is 10.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,815, against $41,181 here.
  • Twin Falls, ID is 136 miles away, with a median of $40,400 and employment of 330. That median is 3.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,862, against $41,181 here.

Employment share

Light Truck Drivers accounts for 0.87% of wage-and-salary employment in Idaho Falls, ID (710 of 81,840). Nationally the occupation is 0.63% of employment (983,300 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.37 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Idaho Falls, ID · Light Truck Drivers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Light Truck Drivers make in Idaho Falls, ID?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Light Truck Drivers in Idaho Falls, ID is $38,880. The 10th percentile is $30,310 and the 90th percentile is $56,140. Employment is 710.

How does that compare with the national median for Light Truck Drivers?

The local median is 13.3% lower than the national median of $44,860.

What is Light Truck Drivers pay in Idaho Falls, ID after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Idaho Falls, ID is 94.412, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $38,880 is $41,181. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Idaho Falls, ID compare with nearby metros for Light Truck Drivers?

Pocatello, ID is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 65 miles away, at $40,210. Idaho Falls, ID ranks 7th of 7 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.