State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
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
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
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.