Truck driver (heavy) · Dayton, OH
Truck driver (heavy) in Dayton: $1,060/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Dayton at $59,490 a year. About 4,660 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.94). The 10th percentile is $41,670 and the 90th is $75,400. Pay ranks 101st-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,018/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,060 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Akron, about 173 miles away, at $1,234 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,060
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$59,490
$41,670 to $75,400
Rent (1 bd)
$1,018
$1,212 (2 bd)
Employment
4,660
Location quotient 0.94
Pay rank
101st of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $59,490.
- Taxes$980
- Rent$1,018
- Other living costs$1,899
- Left over$1,060
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $59,490
- Federal income tax
- −$5,100
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,551
- State income tax (OH)
- −$920
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,190
- Take-home pay
- $47,729
- Effective tax rate
- 19.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,018
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $540
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,917
Left over each month
$4,958 gross, minus $980 in tax and $2,917 in living costs.
$1,060
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Akron, $1,234/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Dayton?
$59,490 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,660 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Dayton?
$1,060 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,018, and pay covers 4.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Akron, about 173 miles away, leaves $1,234 a month, more than Dayton.