Truck driver (heavy) · San Francisco, CA
Truck driver (heavy) in San Francisco: −$612/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in San Francisco at $66,450 a year. About 16,450 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.52). The 10th percentile is $48,300 and the 90th is $94,280. Pay ranks 6th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,635/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps −$612 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Carson City, about 167 miles away, at $972 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
After tax and rent
−$612
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$66,450
$48,300 to $94,280
Rent (1 bd)
$2,635
$3,137 (2 bd)
Employment
16,450
Location quotient 0.52
Pay rank
6th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
2.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $66,450.
- Taxes$1,101
- Rent$2,635
- Other$2,414
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $66,450
- Federal income tax
- −$5,794
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,083
- State income tax (CA)
- −$2,333
- Take-home pay
- $53,240
- Effective tax rate
- 19.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,635
- Groceries
- $512
- Getting around
- $558
- Healthcare
- $576
- Utilities and internet
- $320
- Everything else
- $448
- Total spending
- $5,049
After tax and rent
−$612 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 San Francisco?
$66,450 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 16,450 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in San Francisco?
−$612 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,635, and pay covers 2.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Carson City, about 167 miles away, leaves $972 a month, more than San Francisco.