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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 not reported not reported not reported not reported
BTB Institute Nampa not reported not reported not reported not reported
Bar7 Trucking Boise not reported not reported not reported not reported
Buckridge Trucking Inc. Sugar City not reported not reported not reported not reported
Cassia County Joint School District 151 Burley not reported not reported not reported not reported
Commercial Driver School- Twin Falls Twin Falls not reported not reported not reported not reported
Craigmont - Harlow's School Bus Service, Inc of Montana Craigmont not reported not reported not reported not reported
Down To Earth Excavation Salmon not reported not reported not reported not reported
Driving Academy Rigby not reported not reported not reported not reported
First Mile CDL Training Rupert not reported not reported not reported not reported
Gem State CDL Training LLC Mountain Home not reported not reported not reported not reported
Good Help Operator School Pocatello not reported not reported not reported not reported
Good Help Operator School Chubbuck not reported not reported not reported not reported
H8 Trucking LLC Howe not reported not reported not reported not reported
Handy Truck Line, Inc. Paul not reported not reported not reported not reported
Heritage Truck Driving School Emmett not reported not reported not reported not reported
Idaho CDL Training LLC Idaho, Boise Boise not reported not reported not reported not reported
Melba Joint School District 136J Melba not reported not reported not reported not reported
North Fork Native Plants Rexburg not reported not reported not reported not reported
North Idaho College - Parker Rathdrum not reported not reported not reported not reported
North Side Bus Co Jerome not reported not reported not reported not reported
Prime Line Academy Heyburn not reported not reported not reported not reported
Private Trainers Lewisville not reported not reported not reported not reported
RAK CDL Training LLC Grand View not reported not reported not reported not reported
RAM CDL Training Inc. Grand View not reported not reported not reported not reported
Rock CDL School, LLC Pocatello not reported not reported not reported not reported
S&P CDL Training LLC. Mountain Home not reported not reported not reported not reported
SAGE Truck Driving School - Boise, ID Caldwell not reported not reported not reported not reported
SAGE Truck Driving School Blackfoot ID Blackfoot not reported not reported not reported not reported
SAGE Truck Driving Schools Idaho Falls Idaho Falls not reported not reported not reported not reported
Sage Truck Driving Schools (Post Falls) Post Falls not reported not reported not reported not reported
Selkirks - Pend Oreille Transit Authority Ponderay not reported not reported not reported not reported
Shoshone Joint School District #312 Shoshone not reported not reported not reported not reported
Snake River CDL Training Idaho Falls not reported not reported not reported not reported
TERI/Mustang Idaho Falls not reported not reported not reported not reported
Top Gun Truck Driving Academy Burley not reported not reported not reported not reported
Top Gun Truck Driving Academy Twin Falls not reported not reported not reported not reported
Yarbie’s Trucking, LLC. Pocatello not reported not reported not reported not reported
enviro straw Roberts not reported not reported not reported not reported

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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