Truck driver (heavy) · Anniston, AL

Truck driver (heavy) in Anniston: $670/mo left

BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Anniston at $50,550 a year. About 680 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.17). The 10th percentile is $38,430 and the 90th is $71,200. Pay ranks 302nd-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($692/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $670 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Morristown, about 213 miles away, at $1,849 left over a month.

Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.

Left over each month

$670

1 adult, 1 bd

Pay

$50,550

$38,430 to $71,200

Rent (1 bd)

$692

$824 (2 bd)

Employment

680

Location quotient 1.17

Pay rank

302nd of 387

Metros with a published median

Pay vs rent

6.1×

Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent

Where the money goes

1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $50,550.

Taxes$895
Rent$692
Other living costs$1,956
Left over$670

Pay and tax, per year

Gross household pay: $50,550
Federal income tax: −$4,028
Social Security and Medicare: −$3,867
State income tax (AL): −$2,338
City / county wage tax: −$506
Take-home pay: $39,812
Effective tax rate: 21.2%

Living costs, per month

Rent, 1br: $692
Groceries: $376
Getting around: $591
Healthcare: $423
Utilities and internet: $235
Everything else: $329
Total spending: $2,648

Left over each month

$4,213 gross, minus $895 in tax and $2,648 in living costs.

$670

Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)

Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Morristown, $1,849/mo.

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Questions

What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Anniston?

$50,550 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 680 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.

What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Anniston?

$670 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $692, and pay covers 6.1× a year of it.

Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?

Morristown, about 213 miles away, leaves $1,849 a month, more than Anniston.