State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: District of Columbia vs Mississippi
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In Mississippi, $51,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2% — not 23.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.8%
District of Columbia vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
-2%
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
Mississippi
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $51,820
- p25
- $43,520
- p75
- $63,630
- p10
- $35,710
- p90
- $79,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.