Truck driver (heavy) · Springfield, MA
Truck driver (heavy) in Springfield: $486/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Springfield at $61,420 a year. About 2,400 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.90). The 10th percentile is $44,980 and the 90th is $82,520. Pay ranks 44th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,528/mo). Massachusetts charges a 5.00% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $486 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 211 miles away, at $854 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$486
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,420
$44,980 to $82,520
Rent (1 bd)
$1,528
$1,819 (2 bd)
Employment
2,400
Location quotient 0.90
Pay rank
44th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $61,420.
- Taxes$1,073
- Rent$1,528
- Other living costs$2,031
- Left over$486
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,420
- Federal income tax
- −$5,332
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,699
- State income tax (MA)
- −$2,851
- Take-home pay
- $48,538
- Effective tax rate
- 21.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,528
- Groceries
- $400
- Getting around
- $580
- Healthcare
- $450
- Utilities and internet
- $250
- Everything else
- $350
- Total spending
- $3,559
Left over each month
$5,118 gross, minus $1,073 in tax and $3,559 in living costs.
$486
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Elmira, $854/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Springfield?
$61,420 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,400 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Springfield?
$486 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Massachusetts charges a 5.00% flat income tax Rent is $1,528, and pay covers 3.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Elmira, about 211 miles away, leaves $854 a month, more than Springfield.