Truck driver (heavy) · South Bend, IN
Truck driver (heavy) in South Bend: $845/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in South Bend at $56,820 a year. About 1,840 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.06). The 10th percentile is $39,720 and the 90th is $74,410. Pay ranks 204th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,005/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $845 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Davenport, about 226 miles away, at $1,388 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$845
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$56,820
$39,720 to $74,410
Rent (1 bd)
$1,005
$1,196 (2 bd)
Employment
1,840
Location quotient 1.06
Pay rank
204th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $56,820.
- Taxes$971
- Rent$1,005
- Other living costs$1,914
- Left over$845
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $56,820
- Federal income tax
- −$4,780
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,347
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,675
- City / county wage tax
- −$852
- Take-home pay
- $45,166
- Effective tax rate
- 20.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,005
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $542
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,919
Left over each month
$4,735 gross, minus $971 in tax and $2,919 in living costs.
$845
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Davenport, $1,388/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in South Bend?
$56,820 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,840 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in South Bend?
$845 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,005, and pay covers 4.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Davenport, about 226 miles away, leaves $1,388 a month, more than South Bend.