Truck driver (heavy) · Hartford, CT
Truck driver (heavy) in Hartford: $331/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Hartford at $59,890 a year. About 5,830 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.73). The 10th percentile is $47,000 and the 90th is $77,110. Pay ranks 85th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,625/mo). Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $331 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 219 miles away, at $854 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$331
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$59,890
$47,000 to $77,110
Rent (1 bd)
$1,625
$1,934 (2 bd)
Employment
5,830
Location quotient 0.73
Pay rank
85th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $59,890.
- Taxes$1,023
- Rent$1,625
- Other living costs$2,012
- Left over$331
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $59,890
- Federal income tax
- −$5,148
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,582
- State income tax (CT)
- −$2,544
- Take-home pay
- $47,616
- Effective tax rate
- 20.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,625
- Groceries
- $412
- Getting around
- $519
- Healthcare
- $464
- Utilities and internet
- $258
- Everything else
- $361
- Total spending
- $3,637
Left over each month
$4,991 gross, minus $1,023 in tax and $3,637 in living costs.
$331
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Elmira, $854/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Hartford?
$59,890 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 5,830 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Hartford?
$331 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,625, and pay covers 3.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Elmira, about 219 miles away, leaves $854 a month, more than Hartford.