Truck driver (heavy) · Lansing, MI
Truck driver (heavy) in Lansing: $904/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Lansing at $56,710 a year. About 2,820 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 $43,100 and the 90th is $74,880. Pay ranks 209th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($980/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 $904 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Akron, about 199 miles away, at $1,234 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$904
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$56,710
$43,100 to $74,880
Rent (1 bd)
$980
$1,167 (2 bd)
Employment
2,820
Location quotient 0.98
Pay rank
209th 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 $56,710.
- Taxes$987
- Rent$980
- Other living costs$1,855
- Left over$904
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $56,710
- Federal income tax
- −$4,767
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,338
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,172
- City / county wage tax
- −$567
- Take-home pay
- $44,866
- Effective tax rate
- 20.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $980
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $486
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,835
Left over each month
$4,726 gross, minus $987 in tax and $2,835 in living costs.
$904
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Akron, $1,234/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Lansing?
$56,710 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,820 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Lansing?
$904 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 $980, and pay covers 4.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Akron, about 199 miles away, leaves $1,234 a month, more than Lansing.