State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: California vs Washington
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In California, $60,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.1% — not 7%.
Nominal pay gap
-7%
California vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.1%
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
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.