Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,301
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$10,499
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,698
Ohio costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Ohio — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$59,800
Kept after tax
$49,301
Worth in national money
$53,698
State rank
22
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Ohio pays this job around $59,800 at the midpoint, 22 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Ohio, this sits in the middle: 237 of 494 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $59,800 the take-home is $49,301; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $53,698 would nationally. The average comes to $60,660, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers the Ohio median is $59,800, ranking 22 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers ranks 237 of 494 occupations in Ohio by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in Ohio, on $59,800, is $49,301 — equivalent to $53,698 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $60,660 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,650 |
| This salary | $59,800 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Ohio | $49,301 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,229 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,008 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $58,645 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,429 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in Ohio earn under $59,800 and half over. The published range runs $43,670 at the tenth percentile to $77,650 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Ohio the take-home figure of $49,301, from $59,800, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 237 of 494 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $53,698 uses one figure for the whole of Ohio. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 494 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 237.
- Figures are distribution medians for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,670 to $77,650; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Ohio is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $49,301 from $59,800. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 237 of 494 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,698, worked from $59,800, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Ohio address, on work sitting at 237 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $43,670 at the bottom tenth to $77,650 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Ohio is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $53,698 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Ohio then takes its own share, leaving $49,301.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,670 to $77,650) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Ohio rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Ohio's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $53,698 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $49,301 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Ohio income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.