State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: District of Columbia vs Rhode Island
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In Rhode Island, $60,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.8% — not 6.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.6%
District of Columbia vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-0.8%
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
Rhode Island
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $60,190
- p25
- $50,330
- p75
- $64,250
- p10
- $45,600
- p90
- $75,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.