Costs
CDL training cost in Washington
License fees and school charges are different bills. The fee lines below are copied from the Washington 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
- A commercial learner permit is $40.
- CDL fee
- The fee page does not label a separate original CDL issuance amount. Renewal of a commercial driver license is $163 for six years or $217 for eight years.
- Skills-test fee
- The CDL knowledge test is $35. The CDL skills test is $175. The page also lists a CDL skills test for Head Start at $175.
The full licensing notes, including age, entry-level training, and the medical card, are on how to get a CDL in Washington.
Named program charges
No school in Washington 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.
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Questions drivers ask
How much does CDL training cost in Washington?
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 Washington 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 Washington school directory is not a tuition quote and not a funded seat.
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