Truck driver (heavy) · Owensboro, KY

Truck driver (heavy) in Owensboro: $458/mo left

BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Owensboro at $50,600 a year. About 840 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.29). The 10th percentile is $37,490 and the 90th is $76,630. Pay ranks 299th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($917/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $458 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Morristown, about 234 miles away, at $1,849 left over a month.

Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.

Left over each month

$458

1 adult, 1 bd

Pay

$50,600

$37,490 to $76,630

Rent (1 bd)

$917

$1,092 (2 bd)

Employment

840

Location quotient 1.29

Pay rank

299th of 387

Metros with a published median

Pay vs rent

4.6×

Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent

Where the money goes

1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $50,600.

Taxes$880
Rent$917
Other living costs$1,962
Left over$458

Pay and tax, per year

Gross household pay: $50,600
Federal income tax: −$4,034
Social Security and Medicare: −$3,871
State income tax (KY): −$1,893
City / county wage tax: −$759
Take-home pay: $40,043
Effective tax rate: 20.9%

Living costs, per month

Rent, 1br: $917
Groceries: $378
Getting around: $593
Healthcare: $425
Utilities and internet: $236
Everything else: $330
Total spending: $2,879

Left over each month

$4,217 gross, minus $880 in tax and $2,879 in living costs.

$458

Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)

Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Morristown, $1,849/mo.

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Questions

What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Owensboro?

$50,600 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 840 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.

What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Owensboro?

$458 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $917, and pay covers 4.6× a year of it.

Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?

Morristown, about 234 miles away, leaves $1,849 a month, more than Owensboro.