Truck driver (heavy) · Bay City, MI
Truck driver (heavy) in Bay City: $982/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Bay City at $57,320 a year. About 510 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.13). The 10th percentile is $43,570 and the 90th is $69,880. Pay ranks 190th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($842/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 $982 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Akron, about 222 miles away, at $1,234 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$982
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$57,320
$43,570 to $69,880
Rent (1 bd)
$842
$1,002 (2 bd)
Employment
510
Location quotient 1.13
Pay rank
190th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $57,320.
- Taxes$1,000
- Rent$842
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$982
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $57,320
- Federal income tax
- −$4,840
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,385
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,198
- City / county wage tax
- −$573
- Take-home pay
- $45,324
- Effective tax rate
- 20.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $842
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,795
Left over each month
$4,777 gross, minus $1,000 in tax and $2,795 in living costs.
$982
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 Bay City?
$57,320 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 510 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Bay City?
$982 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 $842, and pay covers 5.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Akron, about 222 miles away, leaves $1,234 a month, more than Bay City.