Truck driver (heavy) · Lima, OH
Truck driver (heavy) in Lima: $968/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Lima at $58,140 a year. About 660 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.99). The 10th percentile is $42,960 and the 90th is $73,400. Pay ranks 166th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($977/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $968 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Akron, about 146 miles away, at $1,234 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$968
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,140
$42,960 to $73,400
Rent (1 bd)
$977
$1,163 (2 bd)
Employment
660
Location quotient 0.99
Pay rank
166th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $58,140.
- Taxes$953
- Rent$977
- Other living costs$1,947
- Left over$968
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,140
- Federal income tax
- −$4,938
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,448
- State income tax (OH)
- −$882
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,163
- Take-home pay
- $46,709
- Effective tax rate
- 19.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $977
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $589
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,924
Left over each month
$4,845 gross, minus $953 in tax and $2,924 in living costs.
$968
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 Lima?
$58,140 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 660 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Lima?
$968 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $977, and pay covers 5.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Akron, about 146 miles away, leaves $1,234 a month, more than Lima.