Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary in Ogden, UT

Median pay for heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers in Ogden, UT: $55,110/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $31,560 – $73,230 · about 4,570 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($51,330) by +$3,780 (+7%).

What it's really worth in Ogden

With Ogden's cost of living at 96 (US=100), that $55,110 has the buying power of about $57,329 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $91,022 · median home $520,531 · median rent $1,630/mo.

Full Ogden cost of living & taxes →

How Ogden ranks for this job

On raw pay, Ogden, UT is 69th of the 187 metros we hold heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers wages for. Once Ogden's cost of living is applied, it ranks 46th.

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

A median home in Ogden, UT costs $520,531 — about 9.4× 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 $1,630/mo works out at 35% 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 Ogden.

Metro	Median pay	vs Ogden	Rent vs Ogden
Lincoln, NE	$89,760	+63%	0.8×
Seattle, WA	$63,460	+15%	1.4×
San Francisco, CA	$62,750	+14%	2×
San Jose, CA	$62,560	+14%	2.2×

Same job elsewhere in UT

Metro	Median pay	vs Ogden	Rent vs Ogden
Salt Lake City, UT	$60,200	+9%	1×
Provo, UT	$57,010	+3%	1.1×

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

Other jobs in Ogden