State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Idaho vs Washington
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In Idaho, $58,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.7% — not 9.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.2%
Idaho vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+1.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $58,770
- p25
- $48,150
- p75
- $64,260
- p10
- $43,360
- p90
- $77,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
Washington
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $64,760
- p25
- $59,450
- p75
- $75,530
- p10
- $50,010
- p90
- $87,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.