State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: District of Columbia vs Michigan
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In Michigan, $57,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.8% — not 12.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.2%
District of Columbia vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
-1.8%
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
Michigan
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $57,180
- p25
- $47,600
- p75
- $62,060
- p10
- $40,280
- p90
- $73,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.