Truck driver (heavy) · Dover, DE
Truck driver (heavy) in Dover: $271/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Dover at $54,150 a year. About 1,440 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.60). The 10th percentile is $44,880 and the 90th is $67,620. Pay ranks 264th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,336/mo). Delaware taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $271 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Harrisburg, about 119 miles away, at $984 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$271
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$54,150
$44,880 to $67,620
Rent (1 bd)
$1,336
$1,591 (2 bd)
Employment
1,440
Location quotient 1.60
Pay rank
264th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $54,150.
- Taxes$924
- Rent$1,336
- Other living costs$1,982
- Left over$271
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $54,150
- Federal income tax
- −$4,460
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,142
- State income tax (DE)
- −$2,482
- Take-home pay
- $43,066
- Effective tax rate
- 20.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,336
- Groceries
- $387
- Getting around
- $580
- Healthcare
- $435
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $338
- Total spending
- $3,318
Left over each month
$4,513 gross, minus $924 in tax and $3,318 in living costs.
$271
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Harrisburg, $984/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Dover?
$54,150 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,440 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Dover?
$271 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Delaware taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,336, and pay covers 3.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Harrisburg, about 119 miles away, leaves $984 a month, more than Dover.