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Career Information for Heavy Truck Drivers in Florida

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Fast Facts for Heavy Truck Drivers in Florida

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Lakeland, Ocala, and Palm Coast
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Fort Walton Beach, West Palm Beach, and Sebastian
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Tampa, Orlando, and Miami

Salaries for Heavy Truck Drivers in Florida

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Lakeland, Punta Gorda, and Deltona. (See table at bottom of page)

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Florida Truck Driving Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Central Florida Community CollegeOcalaAssociate6,210
Florida Community College at JacksonvilleJacksonvilleBachelor24,939
Gulf Coast Community CollegePanama CityAssociate5,758
Indian River State CollegeFort PierceBachelor14,932
Lake City Community CollegeLake CityAssociate2,849
Palm Beach Community CollegeLake WorthAssociate22,881
South Florida Community CollegeAvon ParkAssociate2,787

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Heavy Truck Drivers

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Florida. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Heavy Truck Drivers

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Heavy Truck Drivers relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

FLORIDA

   
Lakeland5,630$39,0802.6
Ocala2,000$31,0702
Palm Coast170$27,3101.4
Jacksonville8,980$36,7901.3
Panama City720$28,8701
Pensacola1,630$31,5301
Orlando10,480$36,0700.8
Miami9,550$35,4900.8
Punta Gorda320$37,9900.8
Tampa11,010$35,3100.8
Deltona1,260$37,7400.7
Cape Coral1,720$34,3100.7
Gainesville900$29,5900.7
Fort Lauderdale6,000$35,8200.7
Port St. Lucie920$34,9700.7
Sarasota1,960$35,7000.7
Naples840$33,5600.6
Tallahassee1,120$30,3300.6
Palm Bay1,360$32,0000.6
Sebastian260$35,8000.5
West Palm Beach3,070$35,4000.5
Fort Walton Beach310$27,6700.4
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