Truck driver (heavy) · Elkhart, IN
Truck driver (heavy) in Elkhart: $995/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Elkhart at $58,100 a year. About 1,690 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.00). The 10th percentile is $43,340 and the 90th is $75,670. Pay ranks 167th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($884/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $995 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Davenport, about 238 miles away, at $1,388 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$995
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,100
$43,340 to $75,670
Rent (1 bd)
$884
$1,052 (2 bd)
Employment
1,690
Location quotient 1.00
Pay rank
167th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $58,100.
- Taxes$997
- Rent$884
- Other living costs$1,966
- Left over$995
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,100
- Federal income tax
- −$4,934
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,445
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,713
- City / county wage tax
- −$872
- Take-home pay
- $46,137
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $884
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $594
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,850
Left over each month
$4,842 gross, minus $997 in tax and $2,850 in living costs.
$995
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Davenport, $1,388/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Elkhart?
$58,100 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,690 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Elkhart?
$995 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $884, and pay covers 5.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Davenport, about 238 miles away, leaves $1,388 a month, more than Elkhart.