Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary in Fort Collins, CO

Median pay for heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers in Fort Collins, CO: $56,100/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $39,440 – $62,800 · about 1,450 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($51,330) by +$4,770 (+9%).

What it's really worth in Fort Collins

With Fort Collins's cost of living at 97 (US=100), that $56,100 has the buying power of about $57,652 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $87,199 · median home $556,500 · median rent $1,928/mo.

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How Fort Collins ranks for this job

On raw pay, Fort Collins, CO is 53rd of the 187 metros we hold heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers wages for. Once Fort Collins's cost of living is applied, it ranks 42nd.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Fort Collins sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Fort Collins

A median home in Fort Collins, CO costs $556,500 — about 9.9× 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 $1,928/mo works out at 41% 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 Fort Collins.

Metro	Median pay	vs Fort Collins	Rent vs Fort Collins
Lincoln, NE	$89,760	+60%	0.7×
Seattle, WA	$63,460	+13%	1.2×
San Francisco, CA	$62,750	+12%	1.7×
San Jose, CA	$62,560	+12%	1.9×

Same job elsewhere in CO

Metro	Median pay	vs Fort Collins	Rent vs Fort Collins
Denver, CO	$59,740	+6%	1×
Boulder, CO	$58,680	+5%	1.2×
Greeley, CO	$56,030	+0%	0.9×
Colorado Springs, CO	$54,130	−4%	0.9×

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

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