State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Kansas vs Washington
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In Kansas, $58,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 9%.
Nominal pay gap
-9%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $58,920
- p25
- $48,430
- p75
- $71,080
- p10
- $43,760
- p90
- $78,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.