Truck driver (heavy) · Daphne, AL
Truck driver (heavy) in Daphne: -$45/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Daphne at $47,560 a year. About 990 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.85). The 10th percentile is $36,810 and the 90th is $74,350. Pay ranks 368th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,252/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 -$45 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Dothan, about 141 miles away, at $1,240 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$45
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$47,560
$36,810 to $74,350
Rent (1 bd)
$1,252
$1,490 (2 bd)
Employment
990
Location quotient 0.85
Pay rank
368th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $47,560.
- Taxes$831
- Rent$1,252
- Other living costs$1,925
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $47,560
- Federal income tax
- −$3,669
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,638
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,188
- City / county wage tax
- −$476
- Take-home pay
- $37,589
- Effective tax rate
- 21.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,252
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $561
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,177
Left over each month
$3,963 gross, minus $831 in tax and $3,177 in living costs.
-$45
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 Daphne?
$47,560 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 990 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Daphne?
-$45 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 $1,252, and pay covers 3.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Dothan, about 141 miles away, leaves $1,240 a month, more than Daphne.