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State comparison · 2025

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Delaware vs Washington

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Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In Delaware, $57,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.7% — not 11.1%.

Nominal pay gap
-11.1%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-4.7%
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

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
See full breakdown for Washington

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.