Truck driver (heavy) · Cheyenne, WY
Truck driver (heavy) in Cheyenne: $1,393/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Cheyenne at $63,540 a year. About 1,060 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.64). The 10th percentile is $47,600 and the 90th is $98,710. Pay ranks 15th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,021/mo). Wyoming has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,393 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Rapid City is the strongest other metro for this job ($1,204 left over a month), and Cheyenne still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,393
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$63,540
$47,600 to $98,710
Rent (1 bd)
$1,021
$1,216 (2 bd)
Employment
1,060
Location quotient 1.64
Pay rank
15th 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 $63,540.
- Taxes$871
- Rent$1,021
- Other living costs$2,010
- Left over$1,393
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,540
- Federal income tax
- −$5,593
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,861
- State income tax (WY)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $53,086
- Effective tax rate
- 16.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,021
- Groceries
- $389
- Getting around
- $599
- Healthcare
- $438
- Utilities and internet
- $243
- Everything else
- $341
- Total spending
- $3,031
Left over each month
$5,295 gross, minus $871 in tax and $3,031 in living costs.
$1,393
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Rapid City, $1,204/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Cheyenne?
$63,540 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,060 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Cheyenne?
$1,393 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wyoming has no state income tax Rent is $1,021, and pay covers 5.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Cheyenne leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Rapid City at $1,204 a month.