Truck driver (heavy) · Syracuse, NY
Truck driver (heavy) in Syracuse: $829/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Syracuse at $61,330 a year. About 4,120 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.04). The 10th percentile is $47,070 and the 90th is $85,490. Pay ranks 45th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,236/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $829 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Harrisburg, about 190 miles away, at $984 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$829
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,330
$47,070 to $85,490
Rent (1 bd)
$1,236
$1,472 (2 bd)
Employment
4,120
Location quotient 1.04
Pay rank
45th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $61,330.
- Taxes$1,065
- Rent$1,236
- Other living costs$1,981
- Left over$829
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,330
- Federal income tax
- −$5,321
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,692
- State income tax (NY)
- −$2,768
- Take-home pay
- $48,549
- Effective tax rate
- 20.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,236
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $543
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,217
Left over each month
$5,111 gross, minus $1,065 in tax and $3,217 in living costs.
$829
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Harrisburg, $984/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Syracuse?
$61,330 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 4,120 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Syracuse?
$829 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,236, and pay covers 4.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Harrisburg, about 190 miles away, leaves $984 a month, more than Syracuse.