Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary in Reading, PA

Median pay for heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers in Reading, PA: $55,870/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $43,300 – $76,130 · about 2,810 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($51,330) by +$4,540 (+9%).

What it's really worth in Reading

With Reading's cost of living at 96 (US=100), that $55,870 has the buying power of about $57,917 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $74,617 · median home $312,348 · median rent $1,505/mo.

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How Reading ranks for this job

On raw pay, Reading, PA is 58th of the 187 metros we hold heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers wages for. Once Reading's cost of living is applied, it ranks 37th.

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

A median home in Reading, PA costs $312,348 — about 5.6× 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 $1,505/mo works out at 32% 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 Reading.

Metro	Median pay	vs Reading	Rent vs Reading
Lincoln, NE	$89,760	+61%	0.9×
Seattle, WA	$63,460	+14%	1.5×
San Francisco, CA	$62,750	+12%	2.2×
San Jose, CA	$62,560	+12%	2.4×

Same job elsewhere in PA

Metro	Median pay	vs Reading	Rent vs Reading
Harrisburg, PA	$59,690	+7%	1×
Allentown, PA	$59,140	+6%	1.2×
Philadelphia, PA	$57,990	+4%	1.3×
Pittsburgh, PA	$55,920	+0%	1×

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