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

Median pay for heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers in Longview, TX: $48,300/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $34,440 – $80,370 · about 2,050 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($51,330) by −$3,030 (-6%).

What it's really worth in Longview

With Longview's cost of living at 89 (US=100), that $48,300 has the buying power of about $54,287 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $62,910 · median home $220,865 · median rent $1,203/mo.

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How Longview ranks for this job

On raw pay, Longview, TX is 148th of the 187 metros we hold heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers wages for. Once Longview's cost of living is applied, it ranks 97th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Longview 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 Longview

A median home in Longview, TX costs $220,865 — about 4.6× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,203/mo works out at 30% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

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 Longview.

Metro	Median pay	vs Longview	Rent vs Longview
Lincoln, NE	$89,760	+86%	1.1×
Seattle, WA	$63,460	+31%	1.9×
San Francisco, CA	$62,750	+30%	2.7×
San Jose, CA	$62,560	+30%	3×

Same job elsewhere in TX

Metro	Median pay	vs Longview	Rent vs Longview
Dallas, TX	$56,420	+17%	1.4×
Austin, TX	$51,660	+7%	1.4×
Houston, TX	$50,830	+5%	1.4×
Amarillo, TX	$49,470	+2%	1.1×

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

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