State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: District of Columbia vs Iowa
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In Iowa, $58,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.7% — not 10.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.5%
District of Columbia vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
-11.7%
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
Iowa
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $58,070
- p25
- $48,350
- p75
- $64,190
- p10
- $42,390
- p90
- $77,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.