State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: District of Columbia vs Tennessee
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In Tennessee, $58,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 9.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.5%
District of Columbia vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
-8.5%
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
Tennessee
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $58,620
- p25
- $47,740
- p75
- $73,420
- p10
- $39,960
- p90
- $83,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.