Truck driver (heavy) · Kingston, NY
Truck driver (heavy) in Kingston: $470/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Kingston at $59,830 a year. About 560 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.71). The 10th percentile is $47,320 and the 90th is $76,740. Pay ranks 86th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,541/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $470 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Harrisburg, about 183 miles away, at $984 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$470
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$59,830
$47,320 to $76,740
Rent (1 bd)
$1,541
$1,834 (2 bd)
Employment
560
Location quotient 0.71
Pay rank
86th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $59,830.
- Taxes$1,034
- Rent$1,541
- Other living costs$1,941
- Left over$470
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $59,830
- Federal income tax
- −$5,141
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,577
- State income tax (NY)
- −$2,686
- Take-home pay
- $47,426
- Effective tax rate
- 20.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,541
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $502
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,482
Left over each month
$4,986 gross, minus $1,034 in tax and $3,482 in living costs.
$470
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Harrisburg, $984/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Kingston?
$59,830 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 560 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Kingston?
$470 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,541, and pay covers 3.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Harrisburg, about 183 miles away, leaves $984 a month, more than Kingston.