State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Colorado vs Washington
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In Colorado, $61,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.4% — not 5%.
Nominal pay gap
-5%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-1.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $61,500
- p25
- $53,490
- p75
- $70,220
- p10
- $47,010
- p90
- $80,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.