State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: District of Columbia vs Texas
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In Texas, $56,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.7% — not 14%.
Nominal pay gap
+14%
District of Columbia vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+0.7%
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
Texas
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $56,290
- p25
- $46,680
- p75
- $64,820
- p10
- $38,150
- p90
- $79,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.