Truck driver (heavy) · Anchorage, AK
Truck driver (heavy) in Anchorage: $895/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Anchorage at $66,190 a year. About 1,620 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.69). The 10th percentile is $48,650 and the 90th is $88,880. Pay ranks 7th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,392/mo). Alaska has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $895 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Fairbanks, about 196 miles away, at $1,497 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$895
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$66,190
$48,650 to $88,880
Rent (1 bd)
$1,392
$1,657 (2 bd)
Employment
1,620
Location quotient 0.69
Pay rank
7th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $66,190.
- Taxes$937
- Rent$1,392
- Other living costs$2,292
- Left over$895
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $66,190
- Federal income tax
- −$6,176
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,064
- State income tax (AK)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $54,951
- Effective tax rate
- 17.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,392
- Groceries
- $457
- Getting around
- $636
- Healthcare
- $514
- Utilities and internet
- $286
- Everything else
- $400
- Total spending
- $3,684
Left over each month
$5,516 gross, minus $937 in tax and $3,684 in living costs.
$895
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Fairbanks, $1,497/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Anchorage?
$66,190 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,620 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Anchorage?
$895 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alaska has no state income tax Rent is $1,392, and pay covers 4.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Fairbanks, about 196 miles away, leaves $1,497 a month, more than Anchorage.