Truck driver (heavy) · York, PA
Truck driver (heavy) in York: $806/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median truck driver (heavy) wage in York at $58,590 a year. About 3,500 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.44). The 10th percentile is $45,540 and the 90th is $78,090. Pay ranks 145th-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,048/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $806 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Canton, about 245 miles away, at $1,160 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$806
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,590
$45,540 to $78,090
Rent (1 bd)
$1,048
$1,248 (2 bd)
Employment
3,500
Location quotient 1.44
Pay rank
145th of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, truck driver (heavy) pay of $58,590.
- Taxes$988
- Rent$1,048
- Other living costs$2,040
- Left over$806
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,590
- Federal income tax
- −$4,992
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,482
- State income tax (PA)
- −$1,799
- City / county wage tax
- −$586
- Take-home pay
- $46,731
- Effective tax rate
- 20.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,048
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $586
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,088
Left over each month
$4,883 gross, minus $988 in tax and $3,088 in living costs.
$806
Rank every metro for a truck driver (heavy)
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Canton, $1,160/mo.
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Questions
What does a truck driver (heavy) make in York?
$58,590 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,500 truck driver (heavy) jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a truck driver (heavy) in York?
$806 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,048, and pay covers 4.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a truck driver (heavy) keep more?
Canton, about 245 miles away, leaves $1,160 a month, more than York.