Truck driver (heavy) · Sacramento, CA
Truck driver (heavy) in Sacramento: $296/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Sacramento at $60,810 a year. About 10,960 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 $44,000 and the 90th is $81,030. Pay ranks 54th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,663/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $296 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Carson City, about 72 miles away, at $972 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
After tax and rent
$296
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,810
$44,000 to $81,030
Rent (1 bd)
$1,663
$1,980 (2 bd)
Employment
10,960
Location quotient 0.76
Pay rank
54th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $60,810.
- Taxes$972
- Rent$1,663
- Other$2,137
- Left$296
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,810
- Federal income tax
- −$5,117
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,652
- State income tax (CA)
- −$1,894
- Take-home pay
- $49,147
- Effective tax rate
- 19.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,663
- Groceries
- $424
- Getting around
- $600
- Healthcare
- $477
- Utilities and internet
- $265
- Everything else
- $371
- Total spending
- $3,800
After tax and rent
$296 left/mo
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Carson City, $972/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Sacramento?
$60,810 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 10,960 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Sacramento?
$296 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,663, and pay covers 3.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Carson City, about 72 miles away, leaves $972 a month, more than Sacramento.