Truck driver (heavy) · Saginaw, MI
Truck driver (heavy) in Saginaw: $534/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Saginaw at $50,200 a year. About 1,170 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.10). The 10th percentile is $39,110 and the 90th is $71,020. Pay ranks 308th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($856/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $534 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Akron, about 205 miles away, at $1,234 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$534
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$50,200
$39,110 to $71,020
Rent (1 bd)
$856
$1,019 (2 bd)
Employment
1,170
Location quotient 1.10
Pay rank
308th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $50,200.
- Taxes$852
- Rent$856
- Other living costs$1,941
- Left over$534
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $50,200
- Federal income tax
- −$3,986
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,840
- State income tax (MI)
- −$1,896
- City / county wage tax
- −$502
- Take-home pay
- $39,977
- Effective tax rate
- 20.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $856
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $573
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,797
Left over each month
$4,183 gross, minus $852 in tax and $2,797 in living costs.
$534
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Akron, $1,234/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Saginaw?
$50,200 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,170 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Saginaw?
$534 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $856, and pay covers 4.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Akron, about 205 miles away, leaves $1,234 a month, more than Saginaw.