Truck driver (heavy) · Wildwood, FL
Truck driver (heavy) in Wildwood: $274/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in Wildwood at $47,180 a year. About 840 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.54). The 10th percentile is $34,900 and the 90th is $63,350. Pay ranks 373rd-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,155/mo). Florida has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $274 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Albany, about 236 miles away, at $1,071 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$274
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$47,180
$34,900 to $63,350
Rent (1 bd)
$1,155
$1,375 (2 bd)
Employment
840
Location quotient 1.54
Pay rank
373rd of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $47,180.
- Taxes$603
- Rent$1,155
- Other living costs$1,900
- Left over$274
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $47,180
- Federal income tax
- −$3,623
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,609
- State income tax (FL)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $39,948
- Effective tax rate
- 15.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,155
- Groceries
- $387
- Getting around
- $498
- Healthcare
- $435
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $338
- Total spending
- $3,055
Left over each month
$3,932 gross, minus $603 in tax and $3,055 in living costs.
$274
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Albany, $1,071/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in Wildwood?
$47,180 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 840 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in Wildwood?
$274 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Florida has no state income tax Rent is $1,155, and pay covers 3.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Albany, about 236 miles away, leaves $1,071 a month, more than Wildwood.