Truck driver (heavy) · Battle Creek, MI
Truck driver (heavy) in Battle Creek: $861/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Battle Creek at $56,160 a year. About 720 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.99). The 10th percentile is $37,610 and the 90th is $71,870. Pay ranks 222nd-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($897/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 $861 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Akron, about 204 miles away, at $1,234 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$861
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$56,160
$37,610 to $71,870
Rent (1 bd)
$897
$1,068 (2 bd)
Employment
720
Location quotient 0.99
Pay rank
222nd of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $56,160.
- Taxes$976
- Rent$897
- Other living costs$1,946
- Left over$861
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $56,160
- Federal income tax
- −$4,701
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,296
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,149
- City / county wage tax
- −$562
- Take-home pay
- $44,453
- Effective tax rate
- 20.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $897
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $577
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,843
Left over each month
$4,680 gross, minus $976 in tax and $2,843 in living costs.
$861
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 Battle Creek?
$56,160 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 720 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Battle Creek?
$861 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 $897, and pay covers 5.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Akron, about 204 miles away, leaves $1,234 a month, more than Battle Creek.