Truck driver (heavy) · Crestview, FL
Truck driver (heavy) in Crestview: -$74/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Crestview at $47,940 a year. About 640 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.39). The 10th percentile is $35,520 and the 90th is $62,160. Pay ranks 359th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,490/mo). Florida has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$74 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Dothan, about 70 miles away, at $1,240 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$74
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$47,940
$35,520 to $62,160
Rent (1 bd)
$1,490
$1,774 (2 bd)
Employment
640
Location quotient 0.39
Pay rank
359th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
2.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $47,940.
- Taxes$615
- Rent$1,490
- Other living costs$1,964
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $47,940
- Federal income tax
- −$3,714
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,667
- State income tax (FL)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $40,558
- Effective tax rate
- 15.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,490
- Groceries
- $387
- Getting around
- $562
- Healthcare
- $435
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $338
- Total spending
- $3,454
Left over each month
$3,995 gross, minus $615 in tax and $3,454 in living costs.
-$74
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Dothan, $1,240/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Crestview?
$47,940 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 640 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Crestview?
-$74 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Florida has no state income tax Rent is $1,490, and pay covers 2.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Dothan, about 70 miles away, leaves $1,240 a month, more than Crestview.