Truck driver (heavy) · Billings, MT
Truck driver (heavy) in Billings: $970/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Billings at $60,850 a year. About 1,990 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.60). The 10th percentile is $47,470 and the 90th is $77,630. Pay ranks 52nd-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,101/mo). Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $970 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Casper, about 210 miles away, at $1,000 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$970
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,850
$47,470 to $77,630
Rent (1 bd)
$1,101
$1,311 (2 bd)
Employment
1,990
Location quotient 1.60
Pay rank
52nd of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $60,850.
- Taxes$1,033
- Rent$1,101
- Other living costs$1,967
- Left over$970
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,850
- Federal income tax
- −$5,264
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,655
- State income tax (MT)
- −$2,476
- Take-home pay
- $48,456
- Effective tax rate
- 20.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,101
- Groceries
- $385
- Getting around
- $572
- Healthcare
- $433
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,068
Left over each month
$5,071 gross, minus $1,033 in tax and $3,068 in living costs.
$970
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Casper, $1,000/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Billings?
$60,850 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,990 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Billings?
$970 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,101, and pay covers 4.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Casper, about 210 miles away, leaves $1,000 a month, more than Billings.