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State comparison · 2025

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alabama vs Washington

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Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In Alabama, $52,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3% — not 19.5%.

Nominal pay gap
-19.5%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-3%
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

Washington

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Median
$64,760
p25
$59,450
p75
$75,530
p10
$50,010
p90
$87,500
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
107.0
See full breakdown for Washington

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.