State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Iowa vs Washington
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In Iowa, $58,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.3% — not 10.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.3%
Iowa vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+9.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $58,070
- p25
- $48,350
- p75
- $64,190
- p10
- $42,390
- p90
- $77,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.