Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary in Nashville, TN

Median pay for heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers in Nashville, TN: $54,650/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $40,660 – $77,540 · about 17,880 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($51,330) by +$3,320 (+6%).

What it's really worth in Nashville

With Nashville's cost of living at 97 (US=100), that $54,650 has the buying power of about $56,326 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $79,020 · median home $455,958 · median rent $1,798/mo.

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How Nashville ranks for this job

On raw pay, Nashville, TN is 75th of the 187 metros we hold heavy & tractor-trailer truck drivers wages for. Once Nashville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 65th.

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

What that salary buys in Nashville

A median home in Nashville, TN costs $455,958 — about 8.3× 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 $1,798/mo works out at 39% 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 Nashville.

Metro	Median pay	vs Nashville	Rent vs Nashville
Lincoln, NE	$89,760	+64%	0.7×
Seattle, WA	$63,460	+16%	1.2×
San Francisco, CA	$62,750	+15%	1.8×
San Jose, CA	$62,560	+14%	2×

Same job elsewhere in TN

Metro	Median pay	vs Nashville	Rent vs Nashville
Memphis, TN	$58,050	+6%	0.8×
Chattanooga, TN	$49,900	−9%	0.9×
Knoxville, TN	$49,900	−9%	1×
Clarksville, TN	$46,990	−14%	0.7×

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

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