Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary in Wichita, KS

Median pay for heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers in Wichita, KS: $49,610/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $37,490 – $73,560 · about 3,910 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($51,330) by −$1,720 (-3%).

What it's really worth in Wichita

With Wichita's cost of living at 89 (US=100), that $49,610 has the buying power of about $55,479 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $66,643 · median home $225,557 · median rent $1,201/mo.

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How Wichita ranks for this job

On raw pay, Wichita, KS is 120th of the 187 metros we hold heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers wages for. Once Wichita's cost of living is applied, it ranks 74th.

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

A median home in Wichita, KS costs $225,557 — about 4.5× 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 $1,201/mo works out at 29% 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 Wichita.

Metro	Median pay	vs Wichita	Rent vs Wichita
Lincoln, NE	$89,760	+81%	1.1×
Seattle, WA	$63,460	+28%	1.9×
San Francisco, CA	$62,750	+26%	2.7×
San Jose, CA	$62,560	+26%	3×

Who hires heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers around Wichita

Large local employers in sectors that typically employ this role.

• Koch Industries · Manufacturing

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