OTR Driver Salary in Minnesota

How much does an OTR Driver make in Minnesota?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for an OTR Driver in Minnesota is $68,260 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $33.

However, an OTR Driver's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $82,935
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $63,828 to $75,941
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $59,793

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OTR Driver Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$75,941	$6,328	$1,460	$37
Average	$68,260	$5,688	$1,313	$33
25th Percentile	$63,828	$5,319	$1,227	$31

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Key Factors That Influence OTR Driver Salaries

An OTR Driver's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Do OTR Driver Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract OTR Drivers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $73,857.
California: $73,576.
Massachusetts: $72,596.

District of Columbia $73,857 California $73,576 Massachusetts $72,596 Washington $72,329 New Jersey $72,302 Alaska $72,209 Connecticut $71,288 New York $70,915

Hawaii $69,721 Rhode Island $69,161 Maryland $68,780 Minnesota $68,260 Colorado $68,060 Illinois $67,993 Oregon $67,740 Delaware $67,553

New Hampshire $67,436 Virginia $67,173 Pennsylvania $66,406 Nevada $66,019 North Dakota $65,892 Michigan $65,692 Wisconsin $65,618 Vermont $65,472

Texas $65,065 Maine $65,038 Arizona $64,998 Ohio $64,951 Georgia $64,338 Indiana $64,031 Wyoming $63,971 Utah $63,877

Iowa $63,837 Kansas $63,517 Louisiana $63,424 North Carolina $63,391 Missouri $63,377 Florida $63,117 Montana $62,977 Nebraska $62,844

Kentucky $62,770 South Carolina $62,503 Tennessee $62,337 Idaho $62,270 New Mexico $61,783 Oklahoma $61,676 Alabama $61,283 South Dakota $60,622

Arkansas $60,262 West Virginia $60,069 Mississippi $59,488

Top Paying Cities for OTR Drivers

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Conger: $65,354
Courtland: $65,280
Darfur: $64,943

Conger, MN $65,354 Courtland, MN $65,280 Darfur, MN $64,943 Delavan, MN $64,954 Eagle Lake, MN $65,895 Easton, MN $64,979 Ellendale, MN $65,896 Elmore, MN $64,643

Elysian, MN $66,224 Emmons, MN $64,839 Essig, MN $65,029 Fairmont, MN $64,817 Freeborn, MN $65,446 Frost, MN $64,747 Garden City, MN $64,949 Geneva, MN $66,061

Glenville, MN $65,122 Good Thunder, MN $65,066 Granada, MN $64,753 Hanska, MN $64,755 Hartland, MN $65,502 Hayward, MN $65,498 Henderson, MN $66,631 Hollandale, MN $65,775

Hope, MN $66,097 Huntley, MN $64,904 Janesville, MN $65,765 Kasota, MN $66,013 Kiester, MN $64,851 Kilkenny, MN $66,541 Lafayette, MN $65,409 Lake Crystal, MN $65,053

La Salle, MN $64,877 Le Center, MN $66,677 Le Sueur, MN $66,533 Lewisville, MN $64,809 Madelia, MN $64,859 Madison Lake, MN $66,078 Mapleton, MN $65,098 Minnesota Lake, MN $65,132

Montgomery, MN $66,916 New Prague, MN $67,745 New Richland, MN $65,659 New Ulm, MN $65,020 Nicollet, MN $65,635 Northrop, MN $65,214 Pemberton, MN $65,430 Saint Clair, MN $65,849

Saint James, MN $64,811 Saint Peter, MN $66,161 Sanborn, MN $64,553 Searles, MN $64,917 Sleepy Eye, MN $64,705 Springfield, MN $64,644 Truman, MN $64,829 Twin Lakes, MN $65,015

Vernon Center, MN $64,905 Waldorf, MN $65,280 Waseca, MN $65,881 Waterville, MN $66,338 Wells, MN $65,138 Winnebago, MN $64,944 Windom, MN $64,720 Adrian, MN $63,036

Alpha, MN $64,531 Arco, MN $64,442 Avoca, MN $64,405 Balaton, MN $64,281 Beaver Creek, MN $61,421 Bigelow, MN $63,636 Bingham Lake, MN $64,623 Brewster, MN $64,436

Butterfield, MN $64,697 Ceylon, MN $64,582 Chandler, MN $63,389 Currie, MN $64,525 Dovray, MN $64,777 Dunnell, MN $64,484 Starbuck, MN $64,491 Morris, MN $64,531

Crane Lake, MN $63,865 Cromwell, MN $64,107 Grand Rapids, MN $64,126 Ely, MN $63,958 Embarrass, MN $63,867 Esko, MN $64,090 Eveleth, MN $63,964 Finlayson, MN $64,282

Floodwood, MN $63,926 Forbes, MN $63,755 Gilbert, MN $63,947 Goodland, MN $63,848 Hibbing, MN $63,803 Hill City, MN $64,052 Holyoke, MN $64,102 Hoyt Lakes, MN $63,958

Iron, MN $63,771 Jacobson, MN $63,888 Keewatin, MN $64,090 Kerrick, MN $64,213 Kettle River, MN $64,210 Kinney, MN $63,871 Mcgregor, MN $64,114 Makinen, MN $63,880

Marble, MN $64,051 Meadowlands, MN $63,895 Melrude, MN $63,871 Moose Lake, MN $64,350 Afton, MN $68,410 Almelund, MN $66,706 Bayport, MN $68,297 Bethel, MN $67,716

Braham, MN $65,766 Brook Park, MN $64,737 Cambridge, MN $66,522 Cannon Falls, MN $66,821 Castle Rock, MN $67,901 Cedar, MN $68,025 Center City, MN $67,140 Chisago City, MN $67,724

Circle Pines, MN $68,917 Cottage Grove, MN $68,584 Dalbo, MN $65,756 Wirt, MN $63,940 Thief River Falls, MN $64,321 Alvarado, MN $64,123 Angle Inlet, MN $64,095 Argyle, MN $64,202

Badger, MN $64,244 Brooks, MN $64,260 Crookston, MN $64,152 Donaldson, MN $64,230 East Grand Forks, MN $64,044 Euclid, MN $64,088 Fisher, MN $64,048 Gatzke, MN $64,133

Goodridge, MN $64,179 Greenbush, MN $64,246 Grygla, MN $64,104 Hallock, MN $64,403 Halma, MN $64,227 Humboldt, MN $64,366 Karlstad, MN $64,270 Kennedy, MN $64,260

Lake Bronson, MN $64,214 Lancaster, MN $64,219 Mentor, MN $64,240 Middle River, MN $64,208 Newfolden, MN $64,224 Noyes, MN $64,423 Oak Island, MN $64,092 Oklee, MN $64,274

Oslo, MN $64,142 Plummer, MN $64,246 Red Lake Falls, MN $64,213 Roseau, MN $64,284 Saint Hilaire, MN $64,252 Saint Vincent, MN $64,372 Salol, MN $64,228 Stephen, MN $64,202

Strandquist, MN $64,182 Strathcona, MN $64,174 Viking, MN $64,150 Wannaska, MN $64,207 Warren, MN $64,126 Warroad, MN $64,304 Edgerton, MN $63,044 Georgetown, MN $64,259

Glyndon, MN $64,252 Morton, MN $64,603 Murdock, MN $64,470 New London, MN $65,036 Norcross, MN $64,290 Odessa, MN $64,242 Olivia, MN $64,593 Ortonville, MN $64,376

Pennock, MN $64,725 Porter, MN $64,363 Prinsburg, MN $64,619 Raymond, MN $64,528 Redwood Falls, MN $64,595 Renville, MN $64,524 Sacred Heart, MN $64,486 Seaforth, MN $64,675

Spicer, MN $65,096 Sunburg, MN $64,675 Taunton, MN $64,465 Vesta, MN $64,459 Wabasso, MN $64,530 Wanda, MN $64,765 Watson, MN $64,499 Wheaton, MN $64,366

Wood Lake, MN $64,474 Saint Cloud, MN $65,808 Albany, MN $65,427 Alexandria, MN $64,611 Ashby, MN $64,452 Avon, MN $65,620 Barrett, MN $64,410 Belgrade, MN $64,972

Bock, MN $65,755 Bowlus, MN $65,348 Brandon, MN $64,467 Brooten, MN $64,765 Buckman, MN $65,459 Burtrum, MN $65,087 Carlos, MN $64,476 Cold Spring, MN $65,687

Collegeville, MN $65,697 Cyrus, MN $64,458 Dalton, MN $64,424 Elrosa, MN $65,297 Waltham, MN $66,254 Evansville, MN $64,432 Farwell, MN $64,463 Flensburg, MN $65,118

Foley, MN $65,633 Foreston, MN $65,646 Freeport, MN $65,302 Garfield, MN $64,478 Gilman, MN $65,614 Glenwood, MN $64,611 Greenwald, MN $65,270 Grey Eagle, MN $65,055

Hillman, MN $65,016 Hoffman, MN $64,464 Holdingford, MN $65,436 Holmes City, MN $64,458 Isle, MN $64,317 Kensington, MN $64,443 Lastrup, MN $65,026 Little Falls, MN $65,078

Long Prairie, MN $64,825 Lowry, MN $64,477 Mc Grath, MN $64,130 Melrose, MN $65,175 Milaca, MN $65,551 Miltona, MN $64,475 Nelson, MN $64,492 New Munich, MN $65,269

Oak Park, MN $65,693 Ogilvie, MN $65,306 Onamia, MN $64,815 Osakis, MN $64,686 Parkers Prairie, MN $64,407 Paynesville, MN $65,482 Pease, MN $65,763 Pierz, MN $65,064

Rice, MN $65,589 Richmond, MN $65,580 Rockville, MN $65,737 Roscoe, MN $65,532 Royalton, MN $65,478 Saint Joseph, MN $65,772 Saint Stephen, MN $65,647 Saint Martin, MN $65,505

Sartell, MN $65,735 Sauk Centre, MN $64,941 Sauk Rapids, MN $65,702 Nashua, MN $64,370 Naytahwaush, MN $64,425 New York Mills, MN $64,397 Nielsville, MN $64,242 Ogema, MN $64,281

Osage, MN $64,331 Ottertail, MN $64,454 Pelican Rapids, MN $64,387 Perham, MN $64,453 Perley, MN $64,289 Ponsford, MN $64,276 Richville, MN $64,397 Richwood, MN $64,311

Rochert, MN $64,336 Rothsay, MN $64,310 Sabin, MN $64,267 Shelly, MN $64,312 Tintah, MN $64,326 Twin Valley, MN $64,274 Ulen, MN $64,266 Underwood, MN $64,437

Vergas, MN $64,386 Vining, MN $64,382 Waubun, MN $64,285 Wendell, MN $64,352 White Earth, MN $64,488 Winger, MN $64,286 Wolf Lake, MN $64,334 Wolverton, MN $64,354

Bemidji, MN $64,414 Bagley, MN $64,333 Baudette, MN $64,175 Bena, MN $64,084 Big Falls, MN $63,889 Bigfork, MN $63,952 Birchdale, MN $63,965 Blackduck, MN $64,183

Bowstring, MN $64,027 Cass Lake, MN $64,280 Clearbrook, MN $64,308 Deer River, MN $64,076 Talmoon, MN $64,048 Effie, MN $63,899 Federal Dam, MN $64,192 Gonvick, MN $64,280

Gully, MN $64,232 Hines, MN $64,216 International Falls, MN $64,182 Kelliher, MN $64,142 Lengby, MN $64,304 Leonard, MN $64,260 Littlefork, MN $64,009 Loman, MN $63,996

Longville, MN $64,238 Marcell, MN $63,972 Margie, MN $63,940 Max, MN $64,034 Mizpah, MN $64,045 Northome, MN $64,037 Outing, MN $64,147 Pennington, MN $64,162

Ponemah, MN $64,282 Puposky, MN $64,235 Ranier, MN $64,440 Kabetogama, MN $63,944 Redby, MN $64,356 Redlake, MN $64,270 Remer, MN $64,099 Roosevelt, MN $64,171

Shevlin, MN $64,276 Solway, MN $64,292 South International Falls, MN $64,191 Spring Lake, MN $64,048 Squaw Lake, MN $64,039 Swift, MN $64,176 Tenstrike, MN $64,250 Trail, MN $64,208

Swanville, MN $65,051 Moorhead, MN $64,224 Upsala, MN $65,260 Villard, MN $64,645 Wahkon, MN $64,675 Waite Park, MN $65,806 West Union, MN $64,876 Brainerd, MN $64,558

Baxter, MN $64,636 Ah Gwah Ching, MN $64,334 Aitkin, MN $64,269 Akeley, MN $64,304 Aldrich, MN $64,371 Backus, MN $64,298 Benedict, MN $64,271 Bertha, MN $64,416

Browerville, MN $64,587 Clarissa, MN $64,505 Crosby, MN $64,334 Crosslake, MN $64,378 Cushing, MN $64,615 Deerwood, MN $64,385 Eagle Bend, MN $64,414 Emily, MN $64,206

Fifty Lakes, MN $64,208 Fort Ripley, MN $64,728 Garrison, MN $64,617 Hackensack, MN $64,288 Hewitt, MN $64,386 Ironton, MN $64,404 Jenkins, MN $64,380 Lake George, MN $64,328

Lake Hubert, MN $64,432 Laporte, MN $64,287 Menahga, MN $64,357 Merrifield, MN $64,383 Motley, MN $64,349 Nevis, MN $64,334 Nisswa, MN $64,439 Palisade, MN $64,059

Park Rapids, MN $64,374 Pequot Lakes, MN $64,391 Pillager, MN $64,420 Pine River, MN $64,304 Randall, MN $64,839 Sebeka, MN $64,322 Nimrod, MN $64,316 Staples, MN $64,397

Verndale, MN $64,354 Wadena, MN $64,451 Walker, MN $64,328 Detroit Lakes, MN $64,460 Ada, MN $64,268 Audubon, MN $64,374 Barnesville, MN $64,299 Battle Lake, MN $64,447

Bejou, MN $64,208 Beltrami, MN $64,259 Bluffton, MN $64,388 Borup, MN $64,262 Breckenridge, MN $64,516 Callaway, MN $64,305 Campbell, MN $64,366 Climax, MN $64,151

Clitherall, MN $64,406 Comstock, MN $64,290 Deer Creek, MN $64,388 Dent, MN $64,402 Dilworth, MN $64,219 Elbow Lake, MN $64,426 Elizabeth, MN $64,387 Erhard, MN $64,370

Erskine, MN $64,316 Felton, MN $64,249 Fergus Falls, MN $64,494 Fertile, MN $64,286 Flom, MN $64,256 Fosston, MN $64,336 Foxhome, MN $64,318 Frazee, MN $64,390

Gary, MN $64,210 Halstad, MN $64,307 Wabasha, MN $66,100 Hawley, MN $64,260 Hendrum, MN $64,291 Henning, MN $64,414 Hitterdal, MN $64,264 Kent, MN $64,331

Lake Park, MN $64,276 Mcintosh, MN $64,314 Mahnomen, MN $64,312 Wilton, MN $64,276 Waskish, MN $64,012 Williams, MN $64,181 Mountain Iron, MN $63,828 Cotton, MN $63,963

Wayzata, MN $69,024 Navarre, MN $69,031 Young America, MN $67,446 Winsted, MN $66,756 Winthrop, MN $65,602 Zimmerman, MN $66,466 Minneapolis, MN $69,681 Nashwauk, MN $63,835

Orr, MN $63,858 Nett Lake, MN $64,271 Pengilly, MN $63,867 Virginia, MN $63,944 Saginaw, MN $64,062 Sawyer, MN $64,070 Side Lake, MN $63,840 Soudan, MN $64,031

Sturgeon Lake, MN $64,317 Swan River, MN $63,851 Swatara, MN $64,013 Taconite, MN $64,082 Tamarack, MN $64,001 Tower, MN $63,933 Twig, MN $64,081 Warba, MN $63,911

Willow River, MN $64,373 Winton, MN $64,328 Wrenshall, MN $64,087 Wright, MN $64,046 Duluth, MN $64,091 Rochester, MN $66,873 Adams, MN $65,544 Altura, MN $65,692

Austin, MN $65,927 Blooming Prairie, MN $66,312 Brownsdale, MN $66,167 Brownsville, MN $63,050 Dundas, MN $67,130 Elko New Market, MN $68,036 Faribault, MN $66,518 Farmington, MN $68,219

Forest Lake, MN $68,349 Frontenac, MN $66,189 Goodhue, MN $66,560 Grandy, MN $66,338 Grasston, MN $65,247 Hampton, MN $67,818 Harris, MN $66,457 Hastings, MN $67,999

Henriette, MN $65,266 Hinckley, MN $64,420 Hugo, MN $68,606 Isanti, MN $67,224 Lake City, MN $66,392 Lake Elmo, MN $68,697 Lakeland, MN $68,262 Lakeville, MN $68,375

Lindstrom, MN $67,411 Lonsdale, MN $67,348 Marine On Saint Croix, MN $68,087 Medford, MN $66,302 Mora, MN $64,913 Morristown, MN $66,288 Nerstrand, MN $66,367 Newport, MN $68,940

North Branch, MN $67,143 Northfield, MN $67,406 Owatonna, MN $66,282 Pine City, MN $65,295 Randolph, MN $67,620 Red Wing, MN $66,423 Rock Creek, MN $65,746 Rosemount, MN $68,614

Rush City, MN $65,979 Saint Francis, MN $67,601 Saint Paul Park, MN $68,783 Sandstone, MN $64,400 Scandia, MN $67,868 Shafer, MN $67,184 South Saint Paul, MN $69,094 Inver Grove Heights, MN $68,930

Waverly, MN $66,835 Byron, MN $66,877 Caledonia, MN $63,332 Canton, MN $64,602 Chatfield, MN $66,152 Claremont, MN $66,471 Dakota, MN $63,197 Dexter, MN $66,282

Dodge Center, MN $66,570 Dover, MN $66,300 Eitzen, MN $63,332 Elgin, MN $66,704 Elkton, MN $66,042 Eyota, MN $66,653 Fountain, MN $65,676 Grand Meadow, MN $66,252

Harmony, MN $64,819 Hayfield, MN $66,466 Hokah, MN $62,892 Homer, MN $63,647 Houston, MN $63,459 Kasson, MN $66,724 Kellogg, MN $65,980 Kenyon, MN $66,596

La Crescent, MN $62,878 Lanesboro, MN $64,833 Lansing, MN $66,051 Le Roy, MN $65,314 Lewiston, MN $64,911 Lyle, MN $65,287 Mabel, MN $64,420 Mantorville, MN $66,716

Mazeppa, MN $66,624 Millville, MN $66,560 Minnesota City, MN $64,947 Oronoco, MN $66,877 Ostrander, MN $65,927 Peterson, MN $64,717 Pine Island, MN $66,718 Plainview, MN $66,326

Preston, MN $65,135 Racine, MN $66,478 Reads Landing, MN $66,089 Rollingstone, MN $65,227 Rose Creek, MN $65,590 Rushford, MN $64,270 Saint Charles, MN $65,977 Sargeant, MN $66,362

Spring Grove, MN $63,857 Spring Valley, MN $66,129 Stewartville, MN $66,652 Taopi, MN $65,408 Utica, MN $65,386 Ellsworth, MN $62,428 Fulda, MN $64,306 Garvin, MN $64,505

Hardwick, MN $62,232 Hendricks, MN $64,274 Heron Lake, MN $64,607 Hills, MN $61,336 Holland, MN $63,478 Ihlen, MN $62,288 Iona, MN $63,721 Ivanhoe, MN $64,406

Jackson, MN $64,597 Jasper, MN $61,990 Jeffers, MN $64,602 Kanaranzi, MN $62,264 Kenneth, MN $62,655 Lake Benton, MN $63,939 Lakefield, MN $64,505 Lake Wilson, MN $63,739

Lamberton, MN $64,544 Leota, MN $63,224 Lismore, MN $63,166 Luverne, MN $61,970 Lynd, MN $64,539 Magnolia, MN $62,372 Mountain Lake, MN $64,714 Odin, MN $64,699

Okabena, MN $64,585 Ormsby, MN $64,731 Pipestone, MN $63,123 Reading, MN $63,774 Revere, MN $64,513 Round Lake, MN $64,385 Rushmore, MN $63,377 Russell, MN $64,501

Ruthton, MN $63,823 Sherburn, MN $64,682 Slayton, MN $64,117 Steen, MN $61,780 Storden, MN $64,581 Tracy, MN $64,570 Trimont, MN $64,767 Trosky, MN $62,439

Tyler, MN $64,192 Walnut Grove, MN $64,527 Welcome, MN $64,769 Westbrook, MN $64,584 Wilmont, MN $63,557 Woodstock, MN $63,413 Worthington, MN $64,127 Beaver Bay, MN $64,056

Brimson, MN $63,846 Finland, MN $63,960 Grand Marais, MN $64,092 Grand Portage, MN $64,041 Hovland, MN $64,022 Isabella, MN $63,823 Knife River, MN $64,076 Lutsen, MN $64,059

Schroeder, MN $64,020 Silver Bay, MN $64,059 Tofte, MN $63,993 Two Harbors, MN $64,082 Adolph, MN $64,091 Alborn, MN $64,003 Angora, MN $63,792 Askov, MN $64,446

Aurora, MN $63,980 Babbitt, MN $63,971 Barnum, MN $64,094 Biwabik, MN $64,048 Bovey, MN $63,946 Britt, MN $63,835 Brookston, MN $64,039 Bruno, MN $64,300

Buhl, MN $63,877 Calumet, MN $64,088 Canyon, MN $64,017 Carlton, MN $64,080 Chisholm, MN $63,870 Cloquet, MN $64,072 Cohasset, MN $64,126 Coleraine, MN $64,254

Cook, MN $63,855 Albertville, MN $67,641 Annandale, MN $65,913 Anoka, MN $68,172 Andover, MN $68,603 Hopkins, MN $69,420 Burnsville, MN $68,827 Arlington, MN $66,373

Becker, MN $66,023 Big Lake, MN $66,386 Bird Island, MN $64,571 Osseo, MN $68,936 Brownton, MN $65,831 Buffalo, MN $67,019 Buffalo Lake, MN $65,070 Carver, MN $68,133

Champlin, MN $68,900 Chanhassen, MN $68,850 Chaska, MN $68,470 Clear Lake, MN $65,741 Clearwater, MN $65,729 Cokato, MN $66,045 Cologne, MN $67,880 Crystal Bay, MN $68,852

Darwin, MN $65,762 Dassel, MN $66,001 Dayton, MN $68,577 Delano, MN $67,814 Eden Valley, MN $65,586 Elk River, MN $67,463 Excelsior, MN $68,735 Fairfax, MN $64,679

Franklin, MN $64,573 Gaylord, MN $66,075 Gibbon, MN $65,062 Glencoe, MN $66,377 Green Isle, MN $66,722 Hamburg, MN $67,193 Hamel, MN $68,772 Hanover, MN $68,124

Hector, MN $64,735 Eden Prairie, MN $69,215 Minnetonka, MN $69,182 Maple Plain, MN $68,564 Howard Lake, MN $66,395 Hutchinson, MN $65,773 Jordan, MN $68,148 Kimball, MN $65,679

Lester Prairie, MN $66,852 Litchfield, MN $65,520 Long Lake, MN $68,860 Loretto, MN $68,287 Maple Lake, MN $66,142 Mayer, MN $67,469 Dennison, MN $66,509 Stacy, MN $67,730

Stanchfield, MN $66,049 Stillwater, MN $68,435 Taylors Falls, MN $66,662 Vermillion, MN $68,105 Warsaw, MN $66,448 Webster, MN $67,759 Welch, MN $66,934 Willernie, MN $68,850

Wyoming, MN $68,029 Saint Paul, MN $69,335 Mendota, MN $69,404 Minnetonka Beach, MN $68,874 Monticello, MN $66,358 Montrose, MN $67,262 Mound, MN $68,516 New Auburn, MN $66,364

New Germany, MN $67,228 Norwood Young America, MN $67,423 Plato, MN $66,975 Princeton, MN $66,033 Prior Lake, MN $68,537 Rockford, MN $68,119 Rogers, MN $68,397 Saint Bonifacius, MN $68,291

Saint Michael, MN $67,746 Santiago, MN $65,947 Savage, MN $68,910 Shakopee, MN $68,632 Silver Creek, MN $66,017 Silver Lake, MN $66,272 South Haven, MN $65,742 Norwood, MN $67,382

Spring Park, MN $68,692 Stewart, MN $65,374 Victoria, MN $68,474 Waconia, MN $68,031 Watertown, MN $67,766 Watkins, MN $65,643 Wanamingo, MN $66,608 West Concord, MN $66,569

Winona, MN $63,956 Stockton, MN $64,807 Wykoff, MN $65,955 Zumbro Falls, MN $66,634 Zumbrota, MN $66,601 Mankato, MN $65,721 Albert Lea, MN $65,561 Alden, MN $65,070

Amboy, MN $64,919 Belle Plaine, MN $67,606 Blue Earth, MN $64,813 Bricelyn, MN $64,852 Clarks Grove, MN $65,667 Cleveland, MN $66,326 Comfrey, MN $64,629 Willmar, MN $64,969

Alberta, MN $64,398 Appleton, MN $64,473 Atwater, MN $65,140 Barry, MN $64,432 Beardsley, MN $64,158 Bellingham, MN $64,266 Belview, MN $64,460 Benson, MN $64,531

Blomkest, MN $64,561 Boyd, MN $64,444 Browns Valley, MN $64,186 Canby, MN $64,329 Chokio, MN $64,401 Clara City, MN $64,550 Clarkfield, MN $64,491 Clements, MN $64,551

Clinton, MN $64,269 Clontarf, MN $64,429 Correll, MN $64,318 Cosmos, MN $65,120 Cottonwood, MN $64,514 Danube, MN $64,527 Danvers, MN $64,405 Dawson, MN $64,486

Donnelly, MN $64,397 Dumont, MN $64,312 Echo, MN $64,444 Ghent, MN $64,546 Graceville, MN $64,278 Granite Falls, MN $64,547 Grove City, MN $65,286 Hancock, MN $64,476

Hanley Falls, MN $64,473 Herman, MN $64,374 Holloway, MN $64,398 Kandiyohi, MN $65,016 Kerkhoven, MN $64,531 Lake Lillian, MN $64,822 Lucan, MN $64,497 Madison, MN $64,351

Marietta, MN $64,128 Marshall, MN $64,637 Maynard, MN $64,479 Milan, MN $64,486 Milroy, MN $64,482 Minneota, MN $64,527 Montevideo, MN $64,559 Morgan, MN $64,600

OTR Driver Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For OTR Driver roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 54% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 33% above the average. In contrast, OTR Driver positions in Hospitality & Leisure or Retail & Wholesale typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view OTR Driver as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for an OTR Driver

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Biotechnology	$90,786	$44.0	33%
Pharmaceuticals	$87,373	$42.0	28%
Software & Networking	$86,008	$41.0	26%
Internet	$81,229	$39.0	19%
Chemicals	$73,038	$35.0	7%

OTR Driver Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an OTR Driver's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on July 01, 2026

$63,828

Average $68,260/year

$75,941

$5,319

Average $5,688/month

$6,328

$1,227

Average $1,313/week

$1,460

$31

Average $33/hour

$37

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$75,941	$6,328	$1,460	$37
Average	$68,260	$5,688	$1,313	$33
25th Percentile	$63,828	$5,319	$1,227	$31

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