What is the median weekly pay for hazmat tanker drivers in the United States?

As of July 2026, the median weekly pay across 175 active hazmat tanker job postings is $1,550. The middle half of postings pay between $1,200 and $1,850 per week.

What do the top-paying carriers offer hazmat tanker drivers?

The 90th percentile of active hazmat tanker postings is $2,250 per week (July 2026). Offers above that beat 9 in 10 competing postings in the United States.

How is the hazmat tanker driver pay benchmark computed?

Each active job posting counts as the midpoint of its advertised weekly-pay range. Outliers are removed with an interquartile filter, percentiles are computed by nearest rank, and segments with fewer than 30 active postings are not published.

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Updated July 2026

What Companies Pay Hazmat Tanker Drivers in the United States (July 2026)

Written by Lanefinder Editorial Team

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For hazmat tanker carriers in the United States: a median alone can hide a wide market. This July 2026 benchmark lays out the weekly-pay distribution end to end, quartiles through the 90th percentile, to show where a competitive offer sits. Right now the median is $1,550/week, the middle half of postings pay $1,200–$1,850, and the 90th percentile sits at $2,250, across 175 active postings.

What carriers are paying hazmat tanker drivers in the United States

Median weekly pay

$1,550/wk

175 active postings · July 2026

25th: $1,20075th: $1,85090th: $2,250

Half of the United States postings pay between $1,200 and $1,850 a week; the top carriers (90th percentile) post $2,250. Find where your offer sits on the scale above.

Weekly pay distribution by hiring type in the United States

Hiring type	25th	Median	75th	Active postings
Company Driver (W2)	$1,150	$1,487	$1,750	130

Source: Lanefinder index, July 2026

Behind the hazmat tanker pay premium

Hazmat tanker sits near the top of the pay range: it stacks the tanker (N) and hazmat (H) endorsements, regulatory exposure, and elevated risk. The small, highly-screened operator pool means carriers benchmark these offers well above general freight.

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If applications are slow, pay is the first thing to rule out. Tell us what you're offering and we'll show you where it sits in the July 2026 distribution, and how the fastest-hiring carriers on Lanefinder structure their offers.

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CDL driver pay by segment

The methodology behind the benchmark

Source: active CDL job postings in Lanefinder's index. Per-posting pay is the midpoint of the posted weekly range. We filter outliers with the interquartile method, compute the quartile and 90th-percentile bands by nearest rank, and publish a segment only when at least 30 active postings back it. Read the full methodology. Updated July 2026.