Truck driver (heavy) · Lewiston, ME
Truck driver (heavy) in Lewiston: $474/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Lewiston at $57,900 a year. About 1,080 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.71). The 10th percentile is $44,600 and the 90th is $70,620. Pay ranks 172nd-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,289/mo). Maine taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $474 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Albany, about 210 miles away, at $686 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$474
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$57,900
$44,600 to $70,620
Rent (1 bd)
$1,289
$1,535 (2 bd)
Employment
1,080
Location quotient 1.71
Pay rank
172nd of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $57,900.
- Taxes$1,001
- Rent$1,289
- Other living costs$2,061
- Left over$474
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $57,900
- Federal income tax
- −$4,910
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,429
- State income tax (ME)
- −$2,668
- Take-home pay
- $45,893
- Effective tax rate
- 20.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,289
- Groceries
- $410
- Getting around
- $574
- Healthcare
- $462
- Utilities and internet
- $257
- Everything else
- $359
- Total spending
- $3,350
Left over each month
$4,825 gross, minus $1,001 in tax and $3,350 in living costs.
$474
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Albany, $686/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Lewiston?
$57,900 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,080 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Lewiston?
$474 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Maine taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,289, and pay covers 3.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Albany, about 210 miles away, leaves $686 a month, more than Lewiston.