Truck driver (heavy) · Kalamazoo, MI

Truck driver (heavy) in Kalamazoo: $804/mo left

BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Kalamazoo at $55,880 a year. About 1,580 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.98). The 10th percentile is $43,600 and the 90th is $72,930. Pay ranks 230th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($976/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 $804 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Decatur, about 243 miles away, at $1,250 left over a month.

Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.

Left over each month

$804

1 adult, 1 bd

Pay

$55,880

$43,600 to $72,930

Rent (1 bd)

$976

$1,162 (2 bd)

Employment

1,580

Location quotient 0.98

Pay rank

230th of 387

Metros with a published median

Pay vs rent

4.8×

Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent

Where the money goes

1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $55,880.

Taxes$970
Rent$976
Other living costs$1,907
Left over$804

Pay and tax, per year

Gross household pay: $55,880
Federal income tax: −$4,667
Social Security and Medicare: −$4,275
State income tax (MI): −$2,137
City / county wage tax: −$559
Take-home pay: $44,242
Effective tax rate: 20.8%

Living costs, per month

Rent, 1br: $976
Groceries: $378
Getting around: $538
Healthcare: $425
Utilities and internet: $236
Everything else: $330
Total spending: $2,883

Left over each month

$4,657 gross, minus $970 in tax and $2,883 in living costs.

$804

Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)

Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Decatur, $1,250/mo.

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Questions

What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Kalamazoo?

$55,880 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,580 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.

What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Kalamazoo?

$804 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 $976, and pay covers 4.8× a year of it.

Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?

Decatur, about 243 miles away, leaves $1,250 a month, more than Kalamazoo.