State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Michigan vs Washington
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In Michigan, $57,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.8% — not 11.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.7%
Michigan vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-1.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $57,180
- p25
- $47,600
- p75
- $62,060
- p10
- $40,280
- p90
- $73,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.