Truck driver (heavy) · Honolulu, HI
Truck driver (heavy) in Honolulu: -$751/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Honolulu at $59,330 a year. About 2,890 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.49). The 10th percentile is $47,250 and the 90th is $73,840. Pay ranks 110th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,116/mo). Hawaii taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$751 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kahului, about 111 miles away, at -$472 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$751
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$59,330
$47,250 to $73,840
Rent (1 bd)
$2,116
$2,519 (2 bd)
Employment
2,890
Location quotient 0.49
Pay rank
110th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
2.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $59,330.
- Taxes$1,061
- Rent$2,116
- Other living costs$2,518
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $59,330
- Federal income tax
- −$5,081
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,539
- State income tax (HI)
- −$3,111
- Take-home pay
- $46,599
- Effective tax rate
- 21.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,116
- Groceries
- $524
- Getting around
- $619
- Healthcare
- $590
- Utilities and internet
- $328
- Everything else
- $459
- Total spending
- $4,634
Left over each month
$4,944 gross, minus $1,061 in tax and $4,634 in living costs.
-$751
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kahului, -$472/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Honolulu?
$59,330 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,890 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Honolulu?
-$751 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Hawaii taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,116, and pay covers 2.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Kahului, about 111 miles away, leaves -$472 a month, more than Honolulu.