Light Truck Drivers Salary — Traverse City, Michigan

The average Light Truck Drivers in Traverse City, Michigan earns $46,600 a year.

$46,600 / year, mean
↓ 5.4% below national average 67th percentile in Michigan

Traverse City sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Michigan — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's close to the national average for light truck drivers — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Michigan

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
440
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.2%
Cost of living 93 #121 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1688 #77 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $421,806 #44 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $77,495 #60 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Traverse City ranks #121 for cost of living and #44 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Francisco $58,770 Decatur $57,850 San Jose $57,840 Hagerstown $57,800 Kokomo $57,430 Mount Vernon $56,640 Santa Rosa $56,640 Merced $56,460 Champaign $55,710 Longview $55,670 Seattle $55,630 Visalia $54,820 Chicago $54,780 Harrisburg $54,640 Bellingham $54,590 Yuba City $54,500 Rockford $54,040 Los Angeles $54,000 Louisville $53,740 Grants Pass $53,480 Kalamazoo $53,190 Indianapolis $52,980 Portland $52,870 New York $52,480 Bend $52,380 Salinas $52,220 Stockton $52,170 Paducah $51,800 Lakeland $51,670 Riverside $51,560 Saginaw $51,500 Baltimore $51,420 Salisbury $51,380 San Diego $51,360 Bremerton $51,340 Sacramento $51,260 Vallejo $51,150 San Luis Obispo $51,140 Elkhart $50,970 Midland $50,900 Philadelphia $50,860 Michigan City $50,810 Ann Arbor $50,750 Santa Maria $50,650 Charlottesville $50,590 York $50,560 Austin $50,530 Santa Cruz $50,310 Salem $50,160 Charleston $50,000 Modesto $49,990 Punta Gorda $49,570 Lexington $49,480 Chico $49,470 Springfield $49,450 Eugene $49,400 Oxnard $48,930 Redding $48,930 Bakersfield $48,890 Evansville $48,880 Houston $48,830 Kennewick $48,790 Staunton $48,790 Dallas $48,580 Grand Rapids $48,490 Fresno $48,450 Trenton $48,450 Olympia $48,420 Bloomington $48,370 Medford $48,300 Napa $48,150 Muncie $48,130 Waco $47,920 Peoria $47,890 Kiryas Joel $47,790 Scranton $47,750 Spokane $47,640 Detroit $47,500 Syracuse $47,500 Fort Wayne $47,450 Port St. Lucie $47,400 Kankakee $47,300 Lafayette $47,290 Wenatchee $47,210 Albany $47,150 San Antonio $47,150 South Bend $47,110 El Centro $47,070 Tyler $46,910 Beckley $46,900 Texarkana $46,820 Kingston $46,790 Bloomington $46,740 Walla Walla $46,720 Yakima $46,620 Traverse City $46,600 Lansing $46,190 Atlantic City $46,140 Dover $46,010 Allentown $45,820 Niles $45,770 Naples $45,670 Bowling Green $45,650 Ithaca $45,620 Jacksonville $45,500 Rochester $45,480 Beaumont $45,360 Killeen $45,340 Buffalo $45,280 Lancaster $45,250 Miami $45,250 State College $45,240 Pittsburgh $45,170 Palm Bay $45,160 Parkersburg $45,140 Corvallis $45,130 Reading $45,120 Glens Falls $44,990 Sarasota $44,930 Odessa $44,900 Owensboro $44,700 Vineland $44,690 Corpus Christi $44,550 Chambersburg $44,450 Flint $44,310 Pensacola $44,310 Orlando $44,250 Richmond $44,220 Crestview $44,040 Wheeling $44,030 Albany $44,020 Longview $43,830 Tampa $43,830 Weirton $43,800 Williamsport $43,680 College Station $43,620 Johnstown $43,550 Winchester $43,500 Wichita Falls $43,490 Muskegon $43,460 Virginia Beach $43,390 Fort Myers $43,230 Brownsville $43,120 Elmira $43,070 Watertown $42,860 Amarillo $42,640 Lexington Park $42,410 Lynchburg $42,390 Binghamton $42,310 Gettysburg $42,260 Midland $42,250 Huntington $42,080 Lubbock $42,040 Eagle Pass $42,030 Ocala $41,970 Abilene $41,910 Jackson $41,710 Panama City $41,670 Utica $41,650 Hanford $41,600 Altoona $41,430 Columbus $41,320 Terre Haute $41,290 Battle Creek $41,160 Erie $41,080 Deltona $40,850 McAllen $40,580 El Paso $40,530 Roanoke $40,330 Gainesville $39,980 Victoria $39,860 Monroe $39,610 Sherman $39,520 Tallahassee $39,430 Elizabethtown $39,230 San Angelo $39,140 Sebastian $38,600 Lebanon $38,480 Wildwood $38,270 Laredo $37,580 Sebring $37,270 Bay City $36,880 Blacksburg $36,670 Harrisonburg $36,650 Morgantown $36,360 Homosassa Springs $34,700
CityMean salaryvs. Traverse City
Abilene, Texas$41,910-10.1%
Albany, Oregon$47,150+1.2%
Albany, New York$44,020-5.5%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$45,820-1.7%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$41,430-11.1%
Amarillo, Texas$42,640-8.5%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$50,750+8.9%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$46,140-1.0%
Austin, Texas$50,530+8.4%
Bakersfield, California$48,890+4.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$51,420+10.3%
Battle Creek, Michigan$41,160-11.7%
Bay City, Michigan$36,880-20.9%
Beaumont, Texas$45,360-2.7%
Beckley, West Virginia$46,900+0.6%
Bellingham, Washington$54,590+17.1%
Bend, Oregon$52,380+12.4%
Binghamton, New York$42,310-9.2%
Blacksburg, Virginia$36,670-21.3%
Bloomington, Illinois$46,740+0.3%
Bloomington, Indiana$48,370+3.8%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$45,650-2.0%
Bremerton, Washington$51,340+10.2%
Brownsville, Texas$43,120-7.5%
Buffalo, New York$45,280-2.8%
Fort Myers, Florida$43,230-7.2%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$44,450-4.6%
Champaign, Illinois$55,710+19.5%
Charleston, West Virginia$50,000+7.3%
Charlottesville, Virginia$50,590+8.6%
Chicago, Illinois$54,780+17.6%
Chico, California$49,470+6.2%
College Station, Texas$43,620-6.4%
Columbus, Indiana$41,320-11.3%
Corpus Christi, Texas$44,550-4.4%
Corvallis, Oregon$45,130-3.2%
Crestview, Florida$44,040-5.5%
Dallas, Texas$48,580+4.2%
Decatur, Illinois$57,850+24.1%
Deltona, Florida$40,850-12.3%
Detroit, Michigan$47,500+1.9%
Dover, Delaware$46,010-1.3%
Eagle Pass, Texas$42,030-9.8%
El Centro, California$47,070+1.0%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$39,230-15.8%
Elkhart, Indiana$50,970+9.4%
Elmira, New York$43,070-7.6%
El Paso, Texas$40,530-13.0%
Erie, Pennsylvania$41,080-11.8%
Eugene, Oregon$49,400+6.0%
Evansville, Indiana$48,880+4.9%
Flint, Michigan$44,310-4.9%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$47,450+1.8%
Fresno, California$48,450+4.0%
Gainesville, Florida$39,980-14.2%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$42,260-9.3%
Glens Falls, New York$44,990-3.5%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$48,490+4.1%
Grants Pass, Oregon$53,480+14.8%
Hagerstown, Maryland$57,800+24.0%
Hanford, California$41,600-10.7%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$54,640+17.3%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$36,650-21.4%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$34,700-25.5%
Houston, Texas$48,830+4.8%
Huntington, West Virginia$42,080-9.7%
Indianapolis, Indiana$52,980+13.7%
Ithaca, New York$45,620-2.1%
Jackson, Michigan$41,710-10.5%
Jacksonville, Florida$45,500-2.4%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$43,550-6.5%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$53,190+14.1%
Kankakee, Illinois$47,300+1.5%
Kennewick, Washington$48,790+4.7%
Killeen, Texas$45,340-2.7%
Kingston, New York$46,790+0.4%
Kiryas Joel, New York$47,790+2.6%
Kokomo, Indiana$57,430+23.2%
Lafayette, Indiana$47,290+1.5%
Lakeland, Florida$51,670+10.9%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$45,250-2.9%
Lansing, Michigan$46,190-0.9%
Laredo, Texas$37,580-19.4%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$38,480-17.4%
Lexington, Kentucky$49,480+6.2%
Lexington Park, Maryland$42,410-9.0%
Longview, Texas$43,830-5.9%
Longview, Washington$55,670+19.5%
Los Angeles, California$54,000+15.9%
Louisville, Kentucky$53,740+15.3%
Lubbock, Texas$42,040-9.8%
Lynchburg, Virginia$42,390-9.0%
McAllen, Texas$40,580-12.9%
Medford, Oregon$48,300+3.6%
Merced, California$56,460+21.2%
Miami, Florida$45,250-2.9%
Michigan City, Indiana$50,810+9.0%
Midland, Michigan$42,250-9.3%
Midland, Texas$50,900+9.2%
Modesto, California$49,990+7.3%
Monroe, Michigan$39,610-15.0%
Morgantown, West Virginia$36,360-22.0%
Mount Vernon, Washington$56,640+21.5%
Muncie, Indiana$48,130+3.3%
Muskegon, Michigan$43,460-6.7%
Napa, California$48,150+3.3%
Naples, Florida$45,670-2.0%
New York, New York$52,480+12.6%
Niles, Michigan$45,770-1.8%
Sarasota, Florida$44,930-3.6%
Ocala, Florida$41,970-9.9%
Odessa, Texas$44,900-3.6%
Olympia, Washington$48,420+3.9%
Orlando, Florida$44,250-5.0%
Owensboro, Kentucky$44,700-4.1%
Oxnard, California$48,930+5.0%
Paducah, Kentucky$51,800+11.2%
Palm Bay, Florida$45,160-3.1%
Panama City, Florida$41,670-10.6%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$45,140-3.1%
Pensacola, Florida$44,310-4.9%
Peoria, Illinois$47,890+2.8%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$50,860+9.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$45,170-3.1%
Portland, Oregon$52,870+13.5%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$47,400+1.7%
Punta Gorda, Florida$49,570+6.4%
Reading, Pennsylvania$45,120-3.2%
Redding, California$48,930+5.0%
Richmond, Virginia$44,220-5.1%
Riverside, California$51,560+10.6%
Roanoke, Virginia$40,330-13.5%
Rochester, New York$45,480-2.4%
Rockford, Illinois$54,040+16.0%
Sacramento, California$51,260+10.0%
Saginaw, Michigan$51,500+10.5%
Salem, Oregon$50,160+7.6%
Salinas, California$52,220+12.1%
Salisbury, Maryland$51,380+10.3%
San Angelo, Texas$39,140-16.0%
San Antonio, Texas$47,150+1.2%
San Diego, California$51,360+10.2%
San Francisco, California$58,770+26.1%
San Jose, California$57,840+24.1%
San Luis Obispo, California$51,140+9.7%
Santa Cruz, California$50,310+8.0%
Santa Maria, California$50,650+8.7%
Santa Rosa, California$56,640+21.5%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$47,750+2.5%
Seattle, Washington$55,630+19.4%
Sebastian, Florida$38,600-17.2%
Sebring, Florida$37,270-20.0%
Sherman, Texas$39,520-15.2%
South Bend, Indiana$47,110+1.1%
Spokane, Washington$47,640+2.2%
Springfield, Illinois$49,450+6.1%
State College, Pennsylvania$45,240-2.9%
Staunton, Virginia$48,790+4.7%
Stockton, California$52,170+12.0%
Syracuse, New York$47,500+1.9%
Tallahassee, Florida$39,430-15.4%
Tampa, Florida$43,830-5.9%
Terre Haute, Indiana$41,290-11.4%
Texarkana, Texas$46,820+0.5%
Trenton, New Jersey$48,450+4.0%
Tyler, Texas$46,910+0.7%
Utica, New York$41,650-10.6%
Vallejo, California$51,150+9.8%
Victoria, Texas$39,860-14.5%
Vineland, New Jersey$44,690-4.1%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$43,390-6.9%
Visalia, California$54,820+17.6%
Waco, Texas$47,920+2.8%
Walla Walla, Washington$46,720+0.3%
Watertown, New York$42,860-8.0%
Weirton, West Virginia$43,800-6.0%
Wenatchee, Washington$47,210+1.3%
Wheeling, West Virginia$44,030-5.5%
Wichita Falls, Texas$43,490-6.7%
Wildwood, Florida$38,270-17.9%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$43,680-6.3%
Winchester, Virginia$43,500-6.7%
Yakima, Washington$46,620+0.0%
York, Pennsylvania$50,560+8.5%
Yuba City, California$54,500+17.0%
Gross salary
46,600/yr
Estimated take-home
37,889/yr
Est. total withheld
18.7%

Single filer, federal + Michigan state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 53-3033 SOC code
Official area Traverse City, MI BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 45900 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: mi_treasury_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
154,657