Truck driver (heavy) · Norwich, CT
Truck driver (heavy) in Norwich: $320/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Norwich at $60,320 a year. About 1,010 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.60). The 10th percentile is $46,290 and the 90th is $76,600. Pay ranks 74th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,618/mo). Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $320 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 244 miles away, at $854 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$320
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,320
$46,290 to $76,600
Rent (1 bd)
$1,618
$1,926 (2 bd)
Employment
1,010
Location quotient 0.60
Pay rank
74th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $60,320.
- Taxes$1,032
- Rent$1,618
- Other living costs$2,057
- Left over$320
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,320
- Federal income tax
- −$5,200
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,614
- State income tax (CT)
- −$2,568
- Take-home pay
- $47,938
- Effective tax rate
- 20.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,618
- Groceries
- $408
- Getting around
- $577
- Healthcare
- $459
- Utilities and internet
- $255
- Everything else
- $357
- Total spending
- $3,675
Left over each month
$5,027 gross, minus $1,032 in tax and $3,675 in living costs.
$320
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Elmira, $854/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Norwich?
$60,320 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,010 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Norwich?
$320 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,618, and pay covers 3.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Elmira, about 244 miles away, leaves $854 a month, more than Norwich.