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