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State comparison · 2025

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Delaware vs District of Columbia

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Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In Delaware, $57,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.2% — not 10.3%.

Nominal pay gap
-10.3%
Delaware vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-1.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Delaware

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Median
$57,590
p25
$53,570
p75
$58,900
p10
$46,850
p90
$69,770
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
99.8
See full breakdown for Delaware

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
See full breakdown for District of Columbia

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.