State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: District of Columbia vs South Carolina
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In South Carolina, $51,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 25.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.5%
District of Columbia vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+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
South Carolina
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $51,130
- p25
- $46,290
- p75
- $62,660
- p10
- $39,330
- p90
- $77,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.