Truck driver (heavy) · Ann Arbor, MI
Truck driver (heavy) in Ann Arbor: $642/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Ann Arbor at $59,230 a year. About 1,270 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.44). The 10th percentile is $39,370 and the 90th is $72,860. Pay ranks 112th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,492/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $642 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Akron, about 150 miles away, at $1,234 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$642
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$59,230
$39,370 to $72,860
Rent (1 bd)
$1,492
$1,776 (2 bd)
Employment
1,270
Location quotient 0.44
Pay rank
112th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $59,230.
- Taxes$1,039
- Rent$1,492
- Other living costs$1,763
- Left over$642
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $59,230
- Federal income tax
- −$5,069
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,531
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,279
- City / county wage tax
- −$592
- Take-home pay
- $46,758
- Effective tax rate
- 21.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,492
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $394
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,255
Left over each month
$4,936 gross, minus $1,039 in tax and $3,255 in living costs.
$642
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Akron, $1,234/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Ann Arbor?
$59,230 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,270 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Ann Arbor?
$642 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,492, and pay covers 3.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Akron, about 150 miles away, leaves $1,234 a month, more than Ann Arbor.