State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: District of Columbia vs Kentucky
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In Kentucky, $56,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.5% — not 13.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.9%
District of Columbia vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
-6.5%
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
Kentucky
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $56,340
- p25
- $47,810
- p75
- $70,020
- p10
- $38,670
- p90
- $85,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.