Truck driver (heavy) · Niles, MI
Truck driver (heavy) in Niles: $326/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Niles at $48,780 a year. About 640 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.81). The 10th percentile is $39,690 and the 90th is $66,390. Pay ranks 342nd-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,000/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $326 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Davenport, about 194 miles away, at $1,388 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$326
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$48,780
$39,690 to $66,390
Rent (1 bd)
$1,000
$1,190 (2 bd)
Employment
640
Location quotient 0.81
Pay rank
342nd of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $48,780.
- Taxes$822
- Rent$1,000
- Other living costs$1,917
- Left over$326
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $48,780
- Federal income tax
- −$3,815
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,732
- State income tax (MI)
- −$1,835
- City / county wage tax
- −$488
- Take-home pay
- $38,910
- Effective tax rate
- 20.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,000
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $549
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,917
Left over each month
$4,065 gross, minus $822 in tax and $2,917 in living costs.
$326
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Davenport, $1,388/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Niles?
$48,780 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 640 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Niles?
$326 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,000, and pay covers 4.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Davenport, about 194 miles away, leaves $1,388 a month, more than Niles.