Truck driver (heavy) · Lexington, KY
Truck driver (heavy) in Lexington: $689/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Lexington at $56,950 a year. About 4,460 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.17). The 10th percentile is $43,780 and the 90th is $94,090. Pay ranks 202nd-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,135/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $689 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Morristown, about 149 miles away, at $1,849 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$689
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$56,950
$43,780 to $94,090
Rent (1 bd)
$1,135
$1,351 (2 bd)
Employment
4,460
Location quotient 1.17
Pay rank
202nd of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $56,950.
- Taxes$1,013
- Rent$1,135
- Other living costs$1,909
- Left over$689
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $56,950
- Federal income tax
- −$4,796
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,357
- State income tax (KY)
- −$2,147
- City / county wage tax
- −$854
- Take-home pay
- $44,796
- Effective tax rate
- 21.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,135
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $541
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,044
Left over each month
$4,746 gross, minus $1,013 in tax and $3,044 in living costs.
$689
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Morristown, $1,849/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Lexington?
$56,950 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,460 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Lexington?
$689 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,135, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Morristown, about 149 miles away, leaves $1,849 a month, more than Lexington.