Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary in Omaha, NE

Median pay for heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers in Omaha, NE: $51,780/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $37,860 – $76,040 · about 10,920 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($51,330) by +$450 (+1%).

What it's really worth in Omaha

With Omaha's cost of living at 92 (US=100), that $51,780 has the buying power of about $55,994 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $79,634 · median home $310,337 · median rent $1,444/mo.

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How Omaha ranks for this job

On raw pay, Omaha, NE is 90th of the 187 metros we hold heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers wages for. Once Omaha's cost of living is applied, it ranks 70th.

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

A median home in Omaha, NE costs $310,337 — 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 $1,444/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 Omaha.

Metro	Median pay	vs Omaha	Rent vs Omaha
Lincoln, NE	$89,760	+73%	0.9×
Seattle, WA	$63,460	+23%	1.5×
San Francisco, CA	$62,750	+21%	2.3×
San Jose, CA	$62,560	+21%	2.5×

Same job elsewhere in NE

Metro	Median pay	vs Omaha	Rent vs Omaha
Lincoln, NE	$89,760	+73%	0.9×

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

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