Truck driver (heavy) · Myrtle Beach, SC
Truck driver (heavy) in Myrtle Beach: -$109/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Myrtle Beach at $46,360 a year. About 1,960 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.01). The 10th percentile is $37,960 and the 90th is $60,190. Pay ranks 381st-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,319/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$109 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Greensboro, about 153 miles away, at $930 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$109
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$46,360
$37,960 to $60,190
Rent (1 bd)
$1,319
$1,570 (2 bd)
Employment
1,960
Location quotient 1.01
Pay rank
381st 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 $46,360.
- Taxes$697
- Rent$1,319
- Other living costs$1,956
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $46,360
- Federal income tax
- −$3,525
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,547
- State income tax (SC)
- −$1,292
- Take-home pay
- $37,997
- Effective tax rate
- 18.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,319
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $564
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,275
Left over each month
$3,863 gross, minus $697 in tax and $3,275 in living costs.
-$109
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Greensboro, $930/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Myrtle Beach?
$46,360 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,960 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Myrtle Beach?
-$109 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,319, and pay covers 2.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Greensboro, about 153 miles away, leaves $930 a month, more than Myrtle Beach.