Truck driver (heavy) · Lincoln, NE
Truck driver (heavy) in Lincoln: $2,454/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Lincoln at $81,790 a year. About 4,530 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.87). The 10th percentile is $47,950 and the 90th is $81,790. Pay ranks 1st-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($993/mo). Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,454 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Sioux Falls is the strongest other metro for this job ($1,402 left over a month), and Lincoln still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,454
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$81,790
$47,950 to $81,790
Rent (1 bd)
$993
$1,182 (2 bd)
Employment
4,530
Location quotient 1.87
Pay rank
1st of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $81,790.
- Taxes$1,603
- Rent$993
- Other living costs$1,766
- Left over$2,454
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $81,790
- Federal income tax
- −$9,608
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,257
- State income tax (NE)
- −$3,374
- Take-home pay
- $62,551
- Effective tax rate
- 23.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $993
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $500
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,759
Left over each month
$6,816 gross, minus $1,603 in tax and $2,759 in living costs.
$2,454
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sioux Falls, $1,402/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Lincoln?
$81,790 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,530 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Lincoln?
$2,454 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $993, and pay covers 6.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Lincoln leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Sioux Falls at $1,402 a month.