Truck driver (heavy) · Lexington Park, MD

Truck driver (heavy) in Lexington Park: -$28/mo left

BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Lexington Park at $56,250 a year. About 310 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.33). The 10th percentile is $40,210 and the 90th is $75,470. Pay ranks 220th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,593/mo). Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$28 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Harrisburg, about 143 miles away, at $984 left over a month.

Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.

Left over each month

-$28

1 adult, 1 bd

Pay

$56,250

$40,210 to $75,470

Rent (1 bd)

$1,593

$1,896 (2 bd)

Employment

310

Location quotient 0.33

Pay rank

220th of 387

Metros with a published median

Pay vs rent

2.9×

Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent

Where the money goes

1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $56,250.

Taxes$1,100
Rent$1,593
Other living costs$2,022

Pay and tax, per year

Gross household pay: $56,250
Federal income tax: −$4,712
Social Security and Medicare: −$4,303
State income tax (MD): −$2,498
City / county wage tax: −$1,688
Take-home pay: $43,050
Effective tax rate: 23.5%

Living costs, per month

Rent, 1br: $1,593
Groceries: $408
Getting around: $541
Healthcare: $459
Utilities and internet: $255
Everything else: $357
Total spending: $3,615

Left over each month

$4,688 gross, minus $1,100 in tax and $3,615 in living costs.

-$28

Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)

Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Harrisburg, $984/mo.

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Questions

What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Lexington Park?

$56,250 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 310 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.

What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Lexington Park?

-$28 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,593, and pay covers 2.9× a year of it.

Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?

Harrisburg, about 143 miles away, leaves $984 a month, more than Lexington Park.