Truck driver (heavy) · Evansville, IN
Truck driver (heavy) in Evansville: $839/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Evansville at $55,570 a year. About 1,750 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.98). The 10th percentile is $37,670 and the 90th is $75,820. Pay ranks 236th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($893/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 $839 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Memphis, about 244 miles away, at $1,480 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$839
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$55,570
$37,670 to $75,820
Rent (1 bd)
$893
$1,063 (2 bd)
Employment
1,750
Location quotient 0.98
Pay rank
236th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $55,570.
- Taxes$946
- Rent$893
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$839
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $55,570
- Federal income tax
- −$4,630
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,251
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,637
- City / county wage tax
- −$834
- Take-home pay
- $44,218
- Effective tax rate
- 20.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $893
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $581
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,846
Left over each month
$4,631 gross, minus $946 in tax and $2,846 in living costs.
$839
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Memphis, $1,480/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Evansville?
$55,570 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,750 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Evansville?
$839 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 $893, and pay covers 5.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Memphis, about 244 miles away, leaves $1,480 a month, more than Evansville.