State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Arkansas vs District of Columbia
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In Arkansas, $51,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.6% — not 19.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.7%
Arkansas vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+1.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $51,550
- p25
- $44,650
- p75
- $69,700
- p10
- $36,770
- p90
- $81,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.