Light Truck Drivers Salary in Lawrence, KS

Light Truck Drivers pay range in Lawrence

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $27,500 a year or less, while the top 10% make $50,200 or more. The middle half of light truck drivers in Lawrence earn between $36,400 and $45,740.

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

Light Truck Drivers salary after taxes in Lawrence

On the average salary of $40,670, a single filer in Lawrence takes home about $33,389 a year, or $2,782 a month and $1,284 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Lawrence area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 90.2), so the average $40,670 buys what about $45,067 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Lawrence ($47,390). A typical home costs $340,687, or 8.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Light Truck Drivers salary in other Kansas cities

Lawrence ranks 3rd of 4 Kansas metro areas for this job; Topeka pays the most ($44,580).

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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 Lawrence

• Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$57,500 a year
• Bus Drivers, School$44,550 a year
• Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$33,550 a year
• Driver/Sales Workers$33,020 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$59,570 a year
• Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$45,640 a year
• Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$42,620 a year
• Packers and Packagers, Hand$39,810 a year

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