Truck driver (heavy) · Salinas, CA
Truck driver (heavy) in Salinas: -$541/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Salinas at $53,390 a year. About 2,140 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.87). The 10th percentile is $38,480 and the 90th is $76,970. Pay ranks 269th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,023/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$541 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Carson City, about 219 miles away, at $961 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$541
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$53,390
$38,480 to $76,970
Rent (1 bd)
$2,023
$2,408 (2 bd)
Employment
2,140
Location quotient 0.87
Pay rank
269th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
2.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $53,390.
- Taxes$825
- Rent$2,023
- Other living costs$2,142
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $53,390
- Federal income tax
- −$4,368
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,084
- State income tax (CA)
- −$1,449
- Take-home pay
- $43,489
- Effective tax rate
- 18.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,023
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $572
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $4,165
Left over each month
$4,449 gross, minus $825 in tax and $4,165 in living costs.
-$541
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Carson City, $961/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Salinas?
$53,390 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,140 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Salinas?
-$541 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,023, and pay covers 2.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Carson City, about 219 miles away, leaves $961 a month, more than Salinas.