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State comparison · 2025

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Minnesota vs Washington

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Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In Minnesota, $61,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.9% — not 4.3%.

Nominal pay gap
-4.3%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+3.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Minnesota

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Median
$61,990
p25
$50,730
p75
$73,700
p10
$45,910
p90
$81,830
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
98.6
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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
See full breakdown for Washington

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.