Truck driver (heavy) · Muncie, IN
Truck driver (heavy) in Muncie: $1,198/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Muncie at $58,810 a year. About 560 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.95). The 10th percentile is $36,230 and the 90th is $70,390. Pay ranks 132nd-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($749/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,198 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Decatur, about 190 miles away, at $1,250 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,198
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,810
$36,230 to $70,390
Rent (1 bd)
$749
$892 (2 bd)
Employment
560
Location quotient 0.95
Pay rank
132nd of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $58,810.
- Taxes$1,011
- Rent$749
- Other living costs$1,943
- Left over$1,198
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,810
- Federal income tax
- −$5,019
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,499
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,734
- City / county wage tax
- −$882
- Take-home pay
- $46,676
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $749
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $571
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,692
Left over each month
$4,901 gross, minus $1,011 in tax and $2,692 in living costs.
$1,198
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Decatur, $1,250/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Muncie?
$58,810 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 560 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Muncie?
$1,198 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $749, and pay covers 6.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Decatur, about 190 miles away, leaves $1,250 a month, more than Muncie.