State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: District of Columbia vs Louisiana
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In Louisiana, $49,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.4% — not 30.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.1%
District of Columbia vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+4.4%
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
Louisiana
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $49,320
- p25
- $44,330
- p75
- $58,780
- p10
- $36,710
- p90
- $68,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.