State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: District of Columbia vs Illinois
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In Illinois, $60,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.2% — not 6.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.4%
District of Columbia vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-3.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Illinois
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $60,320
- p25
- $48,550
- p75
- $75,600
- p10
- $39,710
- p90
- $86,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.