State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: District of Columbia vs New Mexico
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In New Mexico, $50,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.6% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.1%
District of Columbia vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+6.6%
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
New Mexico
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $50,500
- p25
- $46,370
- p75
- $60,320
- p10
- $38,540
- p90
- $65,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.