State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: District of Columbia vs North Dakota
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In North Dakota, $60,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 5.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.4%
District of Columbia vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-14.7%
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 Dakota
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $60,910
- p25
- $52,310
- p75
- $67,110
- p10
- $47,990
- p90
- $83,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.