Truck driver (heavy) · Bridgeport, CT
Truck driver (heavy) in Bridgeport: -$178/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Bridgeport at $61,580 a year. About 3,000 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.56). The 10th percentile is $47,750 and the 90th is $79,020. Pay ranks 41st-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,313/mo). Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$178 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Harrisburg, about 201 miles away, at $984 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$178
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,580
$47,750 to $79,020
Rent (1 bd)
$2,313
$2,754 (2 bd)
Employment
3,000
Location quotient 0.56
Pay rank
41st of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
2.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $61,580.
- Taxes$1,058
- Rent$2,313
- Other living costs$1,938
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,580
- Federal income tax
- −$5,351
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,711
- State income tax (CT)
- −$2,637
- Take-home pay
- $48,881
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,313
- Groceries
- $408
- Getting around
- $457
- Healthcare
- $459
- Utilities and internet
- $255
- Everything else
- $357
- Total spending
- $4,251
Left over each month
$5,132 gross, minus $1,058 in tax and $4,251 in living costs.
-$178
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Harrisburg, $984/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Bridgeport?
$61,580 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,000 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Bridgeport?
-$178 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,313, and pay covers 2.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Harrisburg, about 201 miles away, leaves $984 a month, more than Bridgeport.