Washington
Find a program near you that gets people hired
Every place in Washington that will train a member of the public for a commercial license — Class A, Class B, passenger and school bus. 49 of them tell the state what happened to their graduates. Pick your county and we will show what it costs, who can pay for it, and what happens next.
Placement is the share of leavers employed in the second quarter after exit, in any industry. Cohort sizes vary widely, so a rate on a small cohort is noisy — the number of students is shown beside every rate.
There is more than one license, and the obvious one is not always the best one
Class A
Tractor-trailer. The longest training and the most road work.
- Programs
- 73
- Median tuition
- $4,795
- Report outcomes
- 30
Class B
Straight trucks, dump, ready-mix, waste. Half the required hours.
- Programs
- 84
- Median tuition
- $3,650
- Report outcomes
- 18
Passenger
Transit and motorcoach. Often the best-paid route.
- Programs
- 14
- Median tuition
- $4,250
- Report outcomes
- 1
School bus
District work, school-year hours. Needs 5 years of driving history.
- Programs
- 20
- Median tuition
- $2,796
- Report outcomes
- 2
Worth knowing before you pay for Class A: in Washington, transit and intercity bus drivers have a higher median wage than tractor-trailer drivers, and Class B needs half the required training hours. Several passenger and school-bus employers train you themselves and pay you while you do it. Class B does not reach Workforce Pell — 80 hours is below the 150-hour floor — but it is on the state's eligible-provider list, so a WIOA grant can still pay.
Choose where you are · 22 counties have training
Training is not spread evenly. 22 of Washington's 39 counties have a program open to the public, so the honest first question is what is reachable from where you live.
All 39 Washington counties. 17 have no CDL training open to the public.
- Adams1 program
- Asotinno training
- Benton11 programs · 3 reporting
- Chelanno training
- Clallamno training
- Clark7 programs · 1 reporting
- Columbiano training
- Cowlitz3 programs
- Douglasno training
- Ferryno training
- Franklin7 programs · 5 reporting
- Garfieldno training
- Grant12 programs · 3 reporting
- Grays Harbor4 programs
- Islandno training
- Jeffersonno training
- King20 programs · 6 reporting
- Kitsap10 programs · 3 reporting
- Kittitas2 programs
- Klickitatno training
- Lewis6 programs · 2 reporting
- Lincoln1 program
- Mason1 program
- Okanogan4 programs · 1 reporting
- Pacificno training
- Pend Oreilleno training
- Pierce27 programs · 8 reporting
- San Juanno training
- Skagit21 programs · 2 reporting
- Skamaniano training
- Snohomish9 programs · 1 reporting
- Spokane15 programs · 3 reporting
- Stevensno training
- Thurston14 programs · 4 reporting
- Wahkiakumno training
- Walla Walla3 programs
- Whatcom6 programs · 3 reporting
- Whitmanno training
- Yakima7 programs · 4 reporting
Not near any of these?
Some employers will hire you without a license and train you themselves, which removes the travel problem and the tuition problem at once. See who trains and pays, or answer six questions and we will work out what is open to you.