State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Arkansas vs Washington
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In Arkansas, $51,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2% — not 20.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.4%
Arkansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-2%
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
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.