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State comparison · 2025

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

Occupation

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In Kansas, $58,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.7% — not 8.9%.

Nominal pay gap
+8.9%
District of Columbia vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
-10.7%
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
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Kansas

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Median
$58,920
p25
$48,430
p75
$71,080
p10
$43,760
p90
$78,910
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
90.1
See full breakdown for Kansas

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.