Truck driver (heavy) · Kennewick, WA
Truck driver (heavy) in Kennewick: $831/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Kennewick at $62,520 a year. About 2,100 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.22). The 10th percentile is $48,430 and the 90th is $87,910. Pay ranks 26th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,331/mo). Washington has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $831 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Spokane, about 141 miles away, at $1,285 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$831
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$62,520
$48,430 to $87,910
Rent (1 bd)
$1,331
$1,585 (2 bd)
Employment
2,100
Location quotient 1.22
Pay rank
26th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $62,520.
- Taxes$854
- Rent$1,331
- Other living costs$2,194
- Left over$831
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,520
- Federal income tax
- −$5,464
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,783
- State income tax (WA)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $52,273
- Effective tax rate
- 16.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,331
- Groceries
- $430
- Getting around
- $636
- Healthcare
- $483
- Utilities and internet
- $269
- Everything else
- $376
- Total spending
- $3,525
Left over each month
$5,210 gross, minus $854 in tax and $3,525 in living costs.
$831
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Spokane, $1,285/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Kennewick?
$62,520 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,100 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Kennewick?
$831 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Washington has no state income tax Rent is $1,331, and pay covers 3.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Spokane, about 141 miles away, leaves $1,285 a month, more than Kennewick.