Truck driver (heavy) · Napa, CA
Truck driver (heavy) in Napa: -$229/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Napa at $60,860 a year. About 600 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.58). The 10th percentile is $46,190 and the 90th is $79,860. Pay ranks 51st-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,165/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$229 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Carson City, about 146 miles away, at $961 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$229
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,860
$46,190 to $79,860
Rent (1 bd)
$2,165
$2,577 (2 bd)
Employment
600
Location quotient 0.58
Pay rank
51st of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
2.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $60,860.
- Taxes$985
- Rent$2,165
- Other living costs$2,151
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,860
- Federal income tax
- −$5,265
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,656
- State income tax (CA)
- −$1,897
- Take-home pay
- $49,043
- Effective tax rate
- 19.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,165
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $580
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $4,316
Left over each month
$5,072 gross, minus $985 in tax and $4,316 in living costs.
-$229
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Carson City, $961/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Napa?
$60,860 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 600 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Napa?
-$229 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,165, and pay covers 2.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Carson City, about 146 miles away, leaves $961 a month, more than Napa.