Truck driver (heavy) · Rapid City, SD
Truck driver (heavy) in Rapid City: $1,204/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Rapid City at $59,110 a year. About 740 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.76). The 10th percentile is $45,120 and the 90th is $79,890. Pay ranks 115th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,138/mo). South Dakota has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,204 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Bismarck, about 208 miles away, at $1,440 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,204
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$59,110
$45,120 to $79,890
Rent (1 bd)
$1,138
$1,355 (2 bd)
Employment
740
Location quotient 0.76
Pay rank
115th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $59,110.
- Taxes$798
- Rent$1,138
- Other living costs$1,786
- Left over$1,204
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $59,110
- Federal income tax
- −$5,055
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,522
- State income tax (SD)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $49,533
- Effective tax rate
- 16.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,138
- Groceries
- $351
- Getting around
- $515
- Healthcare
- $395
- Utilities and internet
- $219
- Everything else
- $307
- Total spending
- $2,924
Left over each month
$4,926 gross, minus $798 in tax and $2,924 in living costs.
$1,204
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Bismarck, $1,440/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Rapid City?
$59,110 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 740 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Rapid City?
$1,204 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Dakota has no state income tax Rent is $1,138, and pay covers 4.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Bismarck, about 208 miles away, leaves $1,440 a month, more than Rapid City.