Truck driver (heavy) · Birmingham, AL
Truck driver (heavy) in Birmingham: $582/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Birmingham at $54,460 a year. About 9,170 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.33). The 10th percentile is $38,370 and the 90th is $77,460. Pay ranks 258th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,106/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 $582 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Memphis, about 202 miles away, at $1,480 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$582
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$54,460
$38,370 to $77,460
Rent (1 bd)
$1,106
$1,317 (2 bd)
Employment
9,170
Location quotient 1.33
Pay rank
258th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $54,460.
- Taxes$978
- Rent$1,106
- Other living costs$1,872
- Left over$582
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $54,460
- Federal income tax
- −$4,497
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,166
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,533
- City / county wage tax
- −$545
- Take-home pay
- $42,720
- Effective tax rate
- 21.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,106
- Groceries
- $364
- Getting around
- $553
- Healthcare
- $410
- Utilities and internet
- $228
- Everything else
- $319
- Total spending
- $2,978
Left over each month
$4,538 gross, minus $978 in tax and $2,978 in living costs.
$582
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Memphis, $1,480/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Birmingham?
$54,460 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 9,170 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Birmingham?
$582 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 $1,106, and pay covers 4.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Memphis, about 202 miles away, leaves $1,480 a month, more than Birmingham.