Truck driver (heavy) · Kokomo, IN
Truck driver (heavy) in Kokomo: $1,130/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Kokomo at $58,370 a year. About 390 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.82). The 10th percentile is $40,120 and the 90th is $74,990. Pay ranks 152nd-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($766/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,130 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Davenport, about 235 miles away, at $1,388 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,130
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,370
$40,120 to $74,990
Rent (1 bd)
$766
$912 (2 bd)
Employment
390
Location quotient 0.82
Pay rank
152nd of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $58,370.
- Taxes$1,002
- Rent$766
- Other living costs$1,966
- Left over$1,130
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,370
- Federal income tax
- −$4,966
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,465
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,721
- City / county wage tax
- −$876
- Take-home pay
- $46,342
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $766
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $594
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,732
Left over each month
$4,864 gross, minus $1,002 in tax and $2,732 in living costs.
$1,130
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Davenport, $1,388/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Kokomo?
$58,370 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 390 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Kokomo?
$1,130 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $766, and pay covers 6.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Davenport, about 235 miles away, leaves $1,388 a month, more than Kokomo.