Costs
CDL training cost in Massachusetts
License fees and school charges are different bills. The fee lines below are copied from the Massachusetts licensing source opened . They are not a tuition estimate, and they are not added together into one “total cost.”
License fees on the official page
- CLP fee
- The permit page lists a learner’s permit application at $30. A CDL endorsement taken with the permit application, or during the same transaction, is $10. An endorsement taken on a different day is $30. The May 2025 fee schedule lists the same permit and endorsement amounts, and $10 for each additional CDL endorsement during the same transaction. A permit expires 180 days from issue and can be renewed once, for another 180 days, at no fee. After that renewal, a new permit requires the knowledge tests again and another $30 written-test fee plus any endorsement fees. The permit must be renewed within 30 days of expiration.
- CDL fee
- The May 2025 fee schedule lists a five-year Class A, Class B, or Class C license at $75. The renewal page lists the same $75 for a Class A, Class B, or Class C renewal. The schedule lists an out-of-state conversion at $140 for Class A, Class B, or Class C. License fees are non-refundable. A disabled veteran who qualifies as 100 percent disabled by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs pays no license fee for issue, renewal, or a duplicate.
- Skills-test fee
- The commercial road-test page and the May 2025 schedule both list the road test at $35. The fee can be paid online. The license is issued at an RMV service center after a passed test. An applicant can attempt no more than six CDL skills tests in a 12-month period. Updating from Class D to Class C has no road test unless the endorsement requires one. Passenger, air-brake, and school-bus endorsements require road tests. The applicant brings a vehicle that represents the class.
The full licensing notes, including age, entry-level training, and the medical card, are on how to get a CDL in Massachusetts.
Named program charges
No school in Massachusetts has a program charge reprinted here. A directory listing is not a price. Ask the school for a written quote for the class, location, and schedule you want.
Sources
- Massachusetts RMV: apply for a commercial learner’s permit
- Massachusetts RMV: renew a commercial driver’s license
- Massachusetts RMV: commercial road tests
- Massachusetts RMV schedule of fees, revised May 2025
Questions drivers ask
How much does CDL training cost in Massachusetts?
This page does not publish a statewide tuition. The license amounts are the lines on the official fee source checked October 29, 2026. A school price appears only when a named program page was already checked, and that price is not a quote for another school.
Are the Massachusetts license fees the whole bill?
No. A permit, a license card, a skills test, a medical exam, and a school charge are different payments. If one of those lines was missing from the licensing page, it is not filled in from another state.
Does a directory listing include the price?
No. A listing in the Massachusetts school directory is not a tuition quote and not a funded seat.
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