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CDL / truck driving schools in Idaho

Idaho has 39 accredited campuses awarding cdl credentials. If you finish and work as a tractor-trailer truck driver in Idaho, expect to start around $43,360–$48,150 and reach a median of $58,770 with experience; the top quarter earn $64,260 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Idaho). Graduates of these Idaho programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of not reported in their first year, against $38,603 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.

What heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn in Idaho

$43,360starting (10th percentile)
$48,150early career (25th)
$58,770median, all experience
$64,260experienced (75th)
$77,120top earners (90th)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 15,920 employed in Idaho. National median: $58,640.

Campuses in Idaho, ranked by what their graduates earned

39campuses in Idaho
—credentials awarded / yr
not reportedmedian earnings, yr 1 (Idaho)
$38,603median earnings, yr 1 (U.S.)

Cities: BlackfootBoiseBurleyCalderCaldwellChubbuckCraigmontEmmettGrand ViewHeyburnHoweIdaho FallsJeromeLewisvilleMelbaMountain HomeNampaPaulPocatelloPonderayPost FallsRathdrumRexburgRigbyRobertsRupertSalmonShoshoneSugar CityTwin Falls

CampusCityTypeGrads / yrEarnings, yr 1Program debtCompletionCost / yr
Avery School District #394 Calder CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
BTB Institute Nampa CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Bar7 Trucking Boise CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Buckridge Trucking Inc. Sugar City CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Cassia County Joint School District 151 Burley CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Commercial Driver School- Twin Falls Twin Falls CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Craigmont - Harlow's School Bus Service, Inc of Montana Craigmont CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Down To Earth Excavation Salmon CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Driving Academy Rigby CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
First Mile CDL Training Rupert CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Gem State CDL Training LLC Mountain Home CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Good Help Operator School Pocatello CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Good Help Operator School Chubbuck CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
H8 Trucking LLC Howe CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Handy Truck Line, Inc. Paul CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Heritage Truck Driving School Emmett CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Idaho CDL Training LLC Idaho, Boise Boise CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Melba Joint School District 136J Melba CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
North Fork Native Plants Rexburg CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
North Idaho College - Parker Rathdrum CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
North Side Bus Co Jerome CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Prime Line Academy Heyburn CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Private Trainers Lewisville CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
RAK CDL Training LLC Grand View CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
RAM CDL Training Inc. Grand View CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Rock CDL School, LLC Pocatello CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
S&P CDL Training LLC. Mountain Home CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
SAGE Truck Driving School - Boise, ID Caldwell CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
SAGE Truck Driving School Blackfoot ID Blackfoot CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
SAGE Truck Driving Schools Idaho Falls Idaho Falls CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Sage Truck Driving Schools (Post Falls) Post Falls CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Selkirks - Pend Oreille Transit Authority Ponderay CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Shoshone Joint School District #312 Shoshone CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Snake River CDL Training Idaho Falls CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
TERI/Mustang Idaho Falls CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Top Gun Truck Driving Academy Burley CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Top Gun Truck Driving Academy Twin Falls CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
Yarbie’s Trucking, LLC. Pocatello CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.
enviro straw Roberts CDL training provider — On the federal training-provider registry; the registry reports no outcome data.

Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.

Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.

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