Truck driver (heavy) · Fargo, ND
Truck driver (heavy) in Fargo: $1,458/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Fargo at $58,900 a year. About 3,570 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.81). The 10th percentile is $40,870 and the 90th is $78,350. Pay ranks 127th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($885/mo). North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,458 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Bismarck is the strongest other metro for this job ($1,440 left over a month), and Fargo still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,458
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,900
$40,870 to $78,350
Rent (1 bd)
$885
$1,054 (2 bd)
Employment
3,570
Location quotient 1.81
Pay rank
127th 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 $58,900.
- Taxes$795
- Rent$885
- Other living costs$1,771
- Left over$1,458
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,900
- Federal income tax
- −$5,030
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,506
- State income tax (ND)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $49,365
- Effective tax rate
- 16.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $885
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $505
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,656
Left over each month
$4,908 gross, minus $795 in tax and $2,656 in living costs.
$1,458
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Bismarck, $1,440/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Fargo?
$58,900 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,570 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Fargo?
$1,458 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $885, and pay covers 5.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Fargo leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Bismarck at $1,440 a month.