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State comparison · 2025

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia

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Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In Alabama, $52,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.5% — not 18.8%.

Nominal pay gap
-18.8%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+0.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Alabama

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Median
$52,120
p25
$44,640
p75
$64,870
p10
$38,240
p90
$77,620
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
88.8
See full breakdown for Alabama

District of Columbia

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Median
$64,170
p25
$58,850
p75
$74,440
p10
$51,500
p90
$84,000
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
109.9
See full breakdown for District of Columbia

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.