State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: California vs District of Columbia
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In California, $60,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.8% — not 6.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.1%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-6.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $60,230
- p25
- $48,740
- p75
- $72,330
- p10
- $41,830
- p90
- $81,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.