Truck driver (heavy) · Harrisburg, PA
Truck driver (heavy) in Harrisburg: $984/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Harrisburg at $61,520 a year. About 6,800 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.53). The 10th percentile is $47,360 and the 90th is $82,280. Pay ranks 43rd-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,115/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 $984 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Akron, about 232 miles away, at $1,234 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$984
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,520
$47,360 to $82,280
Rent (1 bd)
$1,115
$1,327 (2 bd)
Employment
6,800
Location quotient 1.53
Pay rank
43rd of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $61,520.
- Taxes$1,046
- Rent$1,115
- Other living costs$1,981
- Left over$984
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,520
- Federal income tax
- −$5,344
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,706
- State income tax (PA)
- −$1,889
- City / county wage tax
- −$615
- Take-home pay
- $48,966
- Effective tax rate
- 20.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,115
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $527
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,096
Left over each month
$5,127 gross, minus $1,046 in tax and $3,096 in living costs.
$984
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 Harrisburg?
$61,520 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 6,800 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Harrisburg?
$984 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 $1,115, and pay covers 4.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Akron, about 232 miles away, leaves $1,234 a month, more than Harrisburg.