Truck driver (heavy) · Albany, NY
Truck driver (heavy) in Albany: $686/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Albany at $60,720 a year. About 4,830 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.81). The 10th percentile is $46,960 and the 90th is $80,130. Pay ranks 56th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,367/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $686 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Harrisburg, about 233 miles away, at $984 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$686
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,720
$46,960 to $80,130
Rent (1 bd)
$1,367
$1,627 (2 bd)
Employment
4,830
Location quotient 0.81
Pay rank
56th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $60,720.
- Taxes$1,052
- Rent$1,367
- Other living costs$1,955
- Left over$686
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,720
- Federal income tax
- −$5,248
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,645
- State income tax (NY)
- −$2,735
- Take-home pay
- $48,092
- Effective tax rate
- 20.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,367
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $517
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,322
Left over each month
$5,060 gross, minus $1,052 in tax and $3,322 in living costs.
$686
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Harrisburg, $984/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Albany?
$60,720 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,830 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Albany?
$686 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,367, and pay covers 3.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Harrisburg, about 233 miles away, leaves $984 a month, more than Albany.