Truck driver (heavy) · Topeka, KS
Truck driver (heavy) in Topeka: $1,037/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Topeka at $58,870 a year. About 1,450 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.95). The 10th percentile is $46,330 and the 90th is $77,260. Pay ranks 130th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,022/mo). Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,037 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Lincoln, about 135 miles away, at $2,454 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,037
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,870
$46,330 to $77,260
Rent (1 bd)
$1,022
$1,217 (2 bd)
Employment
1,450
Location quotient 0.95
Pay rank
130th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $58,870.
- Taxes$1,044
- Rent$1,022
- Other living costs$1,803
- Left over$1,037
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,870
- Federal income tax
- −$5,026
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,504
- State income tax (KS)
- −$2,996
- Take-home pay
- $46,344
- Effective tax rate
- 21.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,022
- Groceries
- $353
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $397
- Utilities and internet
- $221
- Everything else
- $309
- Total spending
- $2,825
Left over each month
$4,906 gross, minus $1,044 in tax and $2,825 in living costs.
$1,037
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Lincoln, $2,454/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Topeka?
$58,870 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,450 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Topeka?
$1,037 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,022, and pay covers 4.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Lincoln, about 135 miles away, leaves $2,454 a month, more than Topeka.