COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE Pathways

Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?

Featured Careers

Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    • Job growth: Declining
    • Low salary: 27,680
    • High salary: 63,810
    • Average salary: 47040
    Declining Job Growth $ 47,040 Average Salary $27,680 $63,810
  • Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity

    High school diploma/GED, No high school diploma/GED

    • Job growth: Stable
    • Low salary: 38,250
    • High salary: 82,640
    • Average salary: 57440
    Stable Job Growth $ 57,440 Average Salary $38,250 $82,640
  • Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary

    Associate's degree, Bachelor's degree

    • Job growth: Declining
    • Low salary: 38,680
    • High salary: 106,580
    • Average salary: 61490
    Declining Job Growth $ 61,490 Average Salary $38,680 $106,580

All Careers in COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE (6)

Career/Technical Education Teachers, PostsecondaryAssociate's degree, Bachelor's degreeDeclining61,490
Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma/GED, No high school diploma/GEDStable57,440
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversHigh school diploma/GED, No high school diploma/GEDRising57,440
Bus Drivers, School- n/aDeclining47,040
Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma/GED, No high school diploma/GEDRising44,140
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs- n/aRising36,670

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Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.

  1. Identify and perform range operations of commercial driving.
  2. Pass the California DMV Commercial Learner's Permit