Truck driver (heavy) · Albuquerque, NM
Truck driver (heavy) in Albuquerque: $752/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Albuquerque at $55,840 a year. About 4,210 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.78). The 10th percentile is $40,040 and the 90th is $71,560. Pay ranks 231st-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,119/mo). New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $752 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Pueblo is the strongest other metro for this job ($718 left over a month), and Albuquerque still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$752
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$55,840
$40,040 to $71,560
Rent (1 bd)
$1,119
$1,332 (2 bd)
Employment
4,210
Location quotient 0.78
Pay rank
231st of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $55,840.
- Taxes$872
- Rent$1,119
- Other living costs$1,910
- Left over$752
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $55,840
- Federal income tax
- −$4,662
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,272
- State income tax (NM)
- −$1,529
- Take-home pay
- $45,377
- Effective tax rate
- 18.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,119
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $547
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,029
Left over each month
$4,653 gross, minus $872 in tax and $3,029 in living costs.
$752
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Pueblo, $718/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Albuquerque?
$55,840 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,210 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Albuquerque?
$752 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,119, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Albuquerque leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Pueblo at $718 a month.