State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: District of Columbia vs North Carolina
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In North Carolina, $51,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.9% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.5%
District of Columbia vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+6.9%
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
North Carolina
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $51,530
- p25
- $46,320
- p75
- $62,640
- p10
- $39,400
- p90
- $76,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.