Truck driver (heavy) · Augusta, GA
Truck driver (heavy) in Augusta: $120/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Augusta at $47,920 a year. About 3,250 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.06). The 10th percentile is $37,240 and the 90th is $75,390. Pay ranks 360th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,134/mo). Georgia charges a 5.19% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $120 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Morristown, about 200 miles away, at $1,849 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$120
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$47,920
$37,240 to $75,390
Rent (1 bd)
$1,134
$1,350 (2 bd)
Employment
3,250
Location quotient 1.06
Pay rank
360th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $47,920.
- Taxes$770
- Rent$1,134
- Other living costs$1,969
- Left over$120
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $47,920
- Federal income tax
- −$3,712
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,666
- State income tax (GA)
- −$1,864
- Take-home pay
- $38,678
- Effective tax rate
- 19.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,134
- Groceries
- $385
- Getting around
- $575
- Healthcare
- $433
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,103
Left over each month
$3,993 gross, minus $770 in tax and $3,103 in living costs.
$120
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 Augusta?
$47,920 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,250 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Augusta?
$120 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Georgia charges a 5.19% flat income tax Rent is $1,134, and pay covers 3.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Morristown, about 200 miles away, leaves $1,849 a month, more than Augusta.