Truck driver (heavy) · Dothan, AL
Truck driver (heavy) in Dothan: $1,240/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Dothan at $61,900 a year. About 1,640 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 2.04). The 10th percentile is $38,550 and the 90th is $74,820. Pay ranks 36th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($825/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 $1,240 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Decatur is the strongest other metro for this job ($1,137 left over a month), and Dothan still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,240
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,900
$38,550 to $74,820
Rent (1 bd)
$825
$982 (2 bd)
Employment
1,640
Location quotient 2.04
Pay rank
36th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $61,900.
- Taxes$1,137
- Rent$825
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$1,240
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,900
- Federal income tax
- −$5,390
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,735
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,905
- City / county wage tax
- −$619
- Take-home pay
- $48,251
- Effective tax rate
- 22.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $825
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,781
Left over each month
$5,158 gross, minus $1,137 in tax and $2,781 in living costs.
$1,240
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Decatur, $1,137/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Dothan?
$61,900 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,640 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Dothan?
$1,240 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 $825, and pay covers 6.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Dothan leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Decatur at $1,137 a month.