Light Truck Drivers Salary in Dalton, GA

Light Truck Drivers pay range in Dalton

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $27,910 a year or less, while the top 10% make $96,880 or more. The middle half of light truck drivers in Dalton earn between $35,880 and $57,930.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Light Truck Drivers salary after taxes in Dalton

On the average salary of $52,560, a single filer in Dalton takes home about $42,538 a year, or $3,545 a month and $1,636 every two weeks. Taxes take 19% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Dalton a good place for light truck drivers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Dalton area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.8), so the average $52,560 buys what about $58,501 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Dalton ($42,210). A typical home costs $250,372, or 4.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Light Truck Drivers salary in other Georgia cities

Dalton ranks 2nd of 14 Georgia metro areas for this job; Gainesville pays the most ($55,430).

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Highest-paying cities for light truck drivers

Anchorage, AK pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($64,130).

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Related jobs in Dalton

• Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$54,810 a year
• Driver/Sales Workers$37,670 a year
• Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$30,480 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$60,590 a year
• Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$45,610 a year
• Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$38,590 a year
• Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$36,660 a year
• Stockers and Order Fillers$33,210 a year

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