Turnover Cost: Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, Montana

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers population in Montana, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · Montana, United States

$29,600 – $118,400estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $59,180 for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Montana, United States (2025-may), multiplied by the 0.5×–2× cost of replacing an employee reported by SHRM and Gallup. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the wage, not the cost — the range is a planning estimate, and a real figure depends on time-to-fill, ramp-up, and lost productivity.

How Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers compares in Montana, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 33 industries.

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What this means

Workers in Montana earned an annual mean wage of $59,180 in the heavy and tractor-trailer category in May 2025 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). Replacing one of these drivers costs $29,600 to $118,400 when you apply SHRM's 50-to-200 percent multiple. Time-to-hire and training speed determine the final cost.

Estimated cost of turnover: Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Montana, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureHeavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$59,180$76,062

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