State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In Kentucky, $56,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.2% — not 13%.
Nominal pay gap
-13%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+3.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $56,340
- p25
- $47,810
- p75
- $70,020
- p10
- $38,670
- p90
- $85,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.