State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: District of Columbia vs West Virginia
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in District of Columbia earn a median of $64,170. In West Virginia, $49,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.6% — not 29.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.7%
District of Columbia vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+5.6%
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
West Virginia
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $49,480
- p25
- $43,330
- p75
- $58,720
- p10
- $36,350
- p90
- $72,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.