Side by side

Technician vs Truck Driver

Technician pays more: a median of $63,500 against $55,000. There is 4.5× more demand for Truck Driver. Listings for Technician move faster — median age 54 days against 94.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureTechnicianTruck DriverGap
Open postings21,25895,919-74,661
Posted this week5587,681
Median salary$63,500$55,000+$8.5k
25th percentile$50k$43.5k
75th percentile$78.5k$68k
Salary disclosed7.5%3.2%
Remote share11.7%11.5%+0.2pp
Median age of posting54d94d
Open over 60 days33.7%51.8%
Visa sponsorship17.3%5.7%
Pay

Pay distribution

Technician

$29k$110k

Truck Driver

$25k$95k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Technician

just posted54d median90d+

Truck Driver

just posted94d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Technician — technologies

Java
72.0%
React
65.8%
Tableau
59.6%
Docker
53.4%
Salesforce
47.2%
GCP
41.0%
SQL
34.8%

Truck Driver — technologies

Python
72.0%
JavaScript
65.8%
Tableau
59.6%
Terraform
53.4%
Spark
47.2%
GCP
41.0%
TypeScript
34.8%

Technician — employers

Solstice Biotech
9.4%
Kestrel Health
8.7%
Fairmount Legal
8.0%
Brightline Retail
7.2%
Beacon Robotics
6.5%
Meridian Software
5.8%
Halcyon Energy
5.1%

Truck Driver — employers

Vantage Logistics
9.4%
Pinewood Education
8.7%
Kestrel Health
8.0%
Meridian Software
7.2%
Brightline Retail
6.5%
Beacon Robotics
5.8%
Tidewater Insurance
5.1%

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.