Truck driver (heavy) · Port St. Lucie, FL
Truck driver (heavy) in Port St. Lucie: -$283/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Port St. Lucie at $48,590 a year. About 2,060 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.91). The 10th percentile is $38,410 and the 90th is $66,500. Pay ranks 346th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,744/mo). Florida has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$283 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Jacksonville, about 223 miles away, at $700 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$283
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$48,590
$38,410 to $66,500
Rent (1 bd)
$1,744
$2,076 (2 bd)
Employment
2,060
Location quotient 0.91
Pay rank
346th 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 $48,590.
- Taxes$626
- Rent$1,744
- Other living costs$1,962
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $48,590
- Federal income tax
- −$3,792
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,717
- State income tax (FL)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $41,081
- Effective tax rate
- 15.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,744
- Groceries
- $387
- Getting around
- $559
- Healthcare
- $435
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $338
- Total spending
- $3,706
Left over each month
$4,049 gross, minus $626 in tax and $3,706 in living costs.
-$283
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Jacksonville, $700/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Port St. Lucie?
$48,590 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,060 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Port St. Lucie?
-$283 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Florida has no state income tax Rent is $1,744, and pay covers 2.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Jacksonville, about 223 miles away, leaves $700 a month, more than Port St. Lucie.