Truck driver (heavy) · Erie, PA
Truck driver (heavy) in Erie: $809/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Erie at $54,770 a year. About 1,380 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.86). The 10th percentile is $39,220 and the 90th is $73,920. Pay ranks 251st-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($804/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $809 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Akron, about 93 miles away, at $1,234 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$809
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$54,770
$39,220 to $73,920
Rent (1 bd)
$804
$957 (2 bd)
Employment
1,380
Location quotient 0.86
Pay rank
251st of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $54,770.
- Taxes$913
- Rent$804
- Other living costs$2,038
- Left over$809
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $54,770
- Federal income tax
- −$4,534
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,190
- State income tax (PA)
- −$1,681
- City / county wage tax
- −$548
- Take-home pay
- $43,817
- Effective tax rate
- 20.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $804
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $2,842
Left over each month
$4,564 gross, minus $913 in tax and $2,842 in living costs.
$809
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 Erie?
$54,770 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,380 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Erie?
$809 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $804, and pay covers 5.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Akron, about 93 miles away, leaves $1,234 a month, more than Erie.