Truck driver (heavy) · Memphis, TN
Truck driver (heavy) in Memphis: $1,480/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Memphis at $63,070 a year. About 19,460 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 2.40). The 10th percentile is $44,200 and the 90th is $96,150. Pay ranks 17th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,045/mo). Tennessee has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,480 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Decatur is the strongest other metro for this job ($1,137 left over a month), and Memphis still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,480
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$63,070
$44,200 to $96,150
Rent (1 bd)
$1,045
$1,244 (2 bd)
Employment
19,460
Location quotient 2.40
Pay rank
17th 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 $63,070.
- Taxes$863
- Rent$1,045
- Other living costs$1,868
- Left over$1,480
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,070
- Federal income tax
- −$5,530
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,825
- State income tax (TN)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $52,715
- Effective tax rate
- 16.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,045
- Groceries
- $364
- Getting around
- $548
- Healthcare
- $410
- Utilities and internet
- $228
- Everything else
- $319
- Total spending
- $2,913
Left over each month
$5,256 gross, minus $863 in tax and $2,913 in living costs.
$1,480
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Decatur, $1,137/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Memphis?
$63,070 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 19,460 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Memphis?
$1,480 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Tennessee has no state income tax Rent is $1,045, and pay covers 5.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Memphis leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Decatur at $1,137 a month.