Truck driver (heavy) · Flint, MI
Truck driver (heavy) in Flint: $506/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Flint at $50,200 a year. About 1,320 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.74). The 10th percentile is $37,210 and the 90th is $68,390. Pay ranks 308th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($887/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $506 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Akron, about 177 miles away, at $1,234 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$506
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$50,200
$37,210 to $68,390
Rent (1 bd)
$887
$1,056 (2 bd)
Employment
1,320
Location quotient 0.74
Pay rank
308th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $50,200.
- Taxes$852
- Rent$887
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$506
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $50,200
- Federal income tax
- −$3,986
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,840
- State income tax (MI)
- −$1,896
- City / county wage tax
- −$502
- Take-home pay
- $39,977
- Effective tax rate
- 20.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $887
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $569
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,825
Left over each month
$4,183 gross, minus $852 in tax and $2,825 in living costs.
$506
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 Flint?
$50,200 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,320 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Flint?
$506 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $887, and pay covers 4.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Akron, about 177 miles away, leaves $1,234 a month, more than Flint.