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What tow operators make
Median
$44,860
First year
$30,800
Top tenth
$80,310
The federal wage survey does not publish towing on its own. It counts tow operators inside light truck drivers, where the national median is $44,860 a year and the bottom tenth earn about $30,800. Heavy recovery operators who run big wreckers sit above that, toward the $80,310 top tenth.