State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Illinois vs Washington
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In Illinois, $60,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.3% — not 6.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.9%
Illinois vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-0.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $60,320
- p25
- $48,550
- p75
- $75,600
- p10
- $39,710
- p90
- $86,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.