Truck driver (heavy) · Paducah, KY
Truck driver (heavy) in Paducah: $558/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Paducah at $50,520 a year. About 660 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.99). The 10th percentile is $38,990 and the 90th is $74,490. Pay ranks 303rd-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($821/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 $558 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Memphis, about 157 miles away, at $1,480 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$558
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$50,520
$38,990 to $74,490
Rent (1 bd)
$821
$977 (2 bd)
Employment
660
Location quotient 0.99
Pay rank
303rd of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $50,520.
- Taxes$878
- Rent$821
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$558
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $50,520
- Federal income tax
- −$4,024
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,865
- State income tax (KY)
- −$1,890
- City / county wage tax
- −$758
- Take-home pay
- $39,984
- Effective tax rate
- 20.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $821
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $589
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,774
Left over each month
$4,210 gross, minus $878 in tax and $2,774 in living costs.
$558
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Memphis, $1,480/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Paducah?
$50,520 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 660 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Paducah?
$558 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 $821, and pay covers 5.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Memphis, about 157 miles away, leaves $1,480 a month, more than Paducah.