Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary in Dallas, TX

Median pay for heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers in Dallas, TX: $56,420/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $37,600 – $84,760 · about 60,370 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($51,330) by +$5,090 (+10%).

What it's really worth in Dallas

With Dallas's cost of living at 102 (US=100), that $56,420 has the buying power of about $55,049 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $83,398 · median home $366,823 · median rent $1,678/mo.

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How Dallas ranks for this job

On raw pay, Dallas, TX is 47th of the 187 metros we hold heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers wages for. Once Dallas's cost of living is applied, it ranks 84th.

The headline number flatters Dallas. Once housing and everyday costs are taken into account, heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers here keep less of what they earn than the raw salary implies.

What that salary buys in Dallas

A median home in Dallas, TX costs $366,823 — about 6.5× 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 $1,678/mo works out at 36% 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 Dallas.

Metro	Median pay	vs Dallas	Rent vs Dallas
Lincoln, NE	$89,760	+59%	0.8×
Seattle, WA	$63,460	+12%	1.3×
San Francisco, CA	$62,750	+11%	1.9×
San Jose, CA	$62,560	+11%	2.2×

Same job elsewhere in TX

Metro	Median pay	vs Dallas	Rent vs Dallas
Austin, TX	$51,660	−8%	1×
Houston, TX	$50,830	−10%	1×
Amarillo, TX	$49,470	−12%	0.8×
Beaumont, TX	$49,020	−13%	0.8×

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

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