Truck driver (heavy) · Kahului, HI
Truck driver (heavy) in Kahului: -$472/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Kahului at $63,420 a year. About 530 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.55). The 10th percentile is $50,900 and the 90th is $77,410. Pay ranks 16th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,207/mo). Hawaii taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$472 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Honolulu is the strongest other metro for this job (-$751 left over a month), and Kahului still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$472
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$63,420
$50,900 to $77,410
Rent (1 bd)
$2,207
$2,627 (2 bd)
Employment
530
Location quotient 0.55
Pay rank
16th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
2.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $63,420.
- Taxes$1,156
- Rent$2,207
- Other living costs$2,394
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,420
- Federal income tax
- −$5,572
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,852
- State income tax (HI)
- −$3,448
- Take-home pay
- $49,548
- Effective tax rate
- 21.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,207
- Groceries
- $474
- Getting around
- $674
- Healthcare
- $534
- Utilities and internet
- $297
- Everything else
- $415
- Total spending
- $4,601
Left over each month
$5,285 gross, minus $1,156 in tax and $4,601 in living costs.
-$472
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Honolulu, -$751/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Kahului?
$63,420 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 530 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Kahului?
-$472 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Hawaii taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,207, and pay covers 2.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Kahului leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Honolulu at -$751 a month.