Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary in Columbus, OH

Median pay for heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers in Columbus, OH: $55,860/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $39,480 – $78,690 · about 17,680 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($51,330) by +$4,530 (+9%).

What it's really worth in Columbus

With Columbus's cost of living at 95 (US=100), that $55,860 has the buying power of about $59,030 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $76,541 · median home $333,537 · median rent $1,524/mo.

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How Columbus ranks for this job

On raw pay, Columbus, OH is 59th of the 187 metros we hold heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers wages for. Once Columbus's cost of living is applied, it ranks 29th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Columbus is one of the places where heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Columbus

A median home in Columbus, OH costs $333,537 — about 6× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,524/mo works out at 33% of gross pay — above the conventional 30% affordability ceiling, so renting would stretch this salary.

Where heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Columbus.

Metro	Median pay	vs Columbus	Rent vs Columbus
Lincoln, NE	$89,760	+61%	0.9×
Seattle, WA	$63,460	+14%	1.5×
San Francisco, CA	$62,750	+12%	2.1×
San Jose, CA	$62,560	+12%	2.4×

Same job elsewhere in OH

Metro	Median pay	vs Columbus	Rent vs Columbus
Cincinnati, OH	$56,050	+0%	1×
Akron, OH	$55,110	−1%	0.8×
Cleveland, OH	$55,030	−1%	1×
Toledo, OH	$54,680	−2%	0.9×

Staying in OH keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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