State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: District of Columbia vs South Dakota
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In South Dakota, $58,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 9.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.3%
District of Columbia vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-11.9%
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
South Dakota
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $58,690
- p25
- $48,370
- p75
- $64,480
- p10
- $41,590
- p90
- $78,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.