Best Trucking Companies in Kansas
8 top-ranked carriers hiring in Kansas. Compare pay, hiring status, and find the right fit for your driving career.
Kansas Trucking Market Overview
Kansas sits at the geographic center of the contiguous U.S., making it a natural crossroads for east-west and north-south freight. I-70 and I-35 intersect near Kansas City, creating a major distribution hub. The state's vast wheat fields, cattle ranches, and grain elevators generate heavy agricultural bulk freight, while aircraft manufacturing in Wichita (Spirit AeroSystems, Textron Aviation) adds specialized hauling demand.
Top 8 Companies in Kansas
Schneider's Kansas operations leverage the state's I-70 and I-35 corridors for bulk, tanker, and dedicated freight.
Werner runs dedicated agricultural and distribution freight through Kansas's central location on the I-70 corridor.
Crete Carrier, based in nearby Lincoln, NE, covers Kansas extensively with dry van and flatbed operations.
Heartland's central U.S. short-haul focus keeps Kansas drivers close to home with manageable weekly schedules.
Knight-Swift runs heavy I-35 corridor freight through Kansas connecting Dallas to Kansas City with OTR and regional options.
ODFL's Kansas City-area service center offers premium LTL pay at the crossroads of several major freight corridors.
FedEx Freight's Kansas operations serve the state's grain and manufacturing freight with consistent LTL routes.
Groendyke hauls petroleum and chemical tanker freight from Kansas's refineries and ethanol plants.
How to read this page. The ranking is our own editorial assessment of how each carrier serves drivers in Kansas, based on the lanes, terminals and freight described in each entry. The pay figure is not ours: heavy and tractor-trailer drivers in Kansas earn an annual mean of $60,480 per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) (May 2025). That covers employed company drivers statewide — not owner-operators, whom the survey excludes — and individual carriers pay above and below it. We publish no per-carrier salary because we have no source for one, and we do not track live vacancy counts: for what is open today, check the carrier's own careers page.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Trucking in Kansas
What is the best trucking company to work for in Kansas?
Based on our 2026 rankings, Schneider National ranks #1 in Kansas. They earned the top spot because of what they run there: Schneider's Kansas operations leverage the state's I-70 and I-35 corridors for bulk, tanker, and dedicated freight. We do not publish a pay figure per carrier — we have no source for one — so check the carrier's own posting for what the seat pays. The best choice for you depends on your experience level, preferred driving type, and home time needs.
How much do truck drivers make in Kansas?
Heavy and tractor-trailer drivers in Kansas earn an annual mean of $60,480, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) (May 2025). That is the figure for employed company drivers across the whole state; owner-operators are not in it, because the survey covers employer payrolls only. Individual carriers pay above and below it, and specialised work — tanker, HazMat, oversize — pays more. The state's top industries — Agriculture (Wheat, Cattle), Aircraft Manufacturing, Petroleum & Ethanol — shape which kinds of driving pay best.
Which trucking companies should I apply to in Kansas?
Start with the carriers ranked on this page — Schneider National, Werner Enterprises, Crete Carrier Corporation and the rest of the list all run real freight in Kansas, and each entry says what it is best suited to. We do not track live vacancy counts for other carriers, so check the company's own careers page for what is open today. If you would rather one conversation than nine applications, send us your details and we will work the list with you.