Truck driver (heavy) · Waco, TX
Truck driver (heavy) in Waco: $464/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Waco at $48,780 a year. About 1,640 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 $38,220 and the 90th is $74,800. Pay ranks 342nd-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,108/mo). Texas has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $464 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Killeen, about 40 miles away, at $1,206 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$464
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$48,780
$38,220 to $74,800
Rent (1 bd)
$1,108
$1,319 (2 bd)
Employment
1,640
Location quotient 0.95
Pay rank
342nd of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $48,780.
- Taxes$629
- Rent$1,108
- Other living costs$1,864
- Left over$464
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $48,780
- Federal income tax
- −$3,815
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,732
- State income tax (TX)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $41,233
- Effective tax rate
- 15.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,108
- Groceries
- $363
- Getting around
- $549
- Healthcare
- $408
- Utilities and internet
- $227
- Everything else
- $317
- Total spending
- $2,972
Left over each month
$4,065 gross, minus $629 in tax and $2,972 in living costs.
$464
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Killeen, $1,206/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Waco?
$48,780 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,640 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Waco?
$464 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Texas has no state income tax Rent is $1,108, and pay covers 3.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Killeen, about 40 miles away, leaves $1,206 a month, more than Waco.