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What tow truck operators make
Typical
$55,000
New driver
$40,000
Heavy recovery or owner
$77,000
Job Bank's national median for tow truck drivers is $26.42 an hour, about $55,000 a year full time. Yukon, Alberta and British Columbia post the highest medians. Heavy recovery operators who lift transport trucks earn well above this, and owning your own truck raises the ceiling again along with the costs.