Truck driver (heavy) · Las Cruces, NM
Truck driver (heavy) in Las Cruces: $492/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Las Cruces at $48,400 a year. About 810 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.76). The 10th percentile is $37,770 and the 90th is $63,790. Pay ranks 351st-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($862/mo). New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $492 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Albuquerque, about 193 miles away, at $752 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$492
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$48,400
$37,770 to $63,790
Rent (1 bd)
$862
$1,026 (2 bd)
Employment
810
Location quotient 0.76
Pay rank
351st of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $48,400.
- Taxes$721
- Rent$862
- Other living costs$1,958
- Left over$492
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $48,400
- Federal income tax
- −$3,770
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,703
- State income tax (NM)
- −$1,180
- Take-home pay
- $39,748
- Effective tax rate
- 17.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $862
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $566
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $2,820
Left over each month
$4,033 gross, minus $721 in tax and $2,820 in living costs.
$492
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Albuquerque, $752/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Las Cruces?
$48,400 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 810 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Las Cruces?
$492 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $862, and pay covers 4.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Albuquerque, about 193 miles away, leaves $752 a month, more than Las Cruces.