State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In Mississippi, $51,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.6% — not 20%.
Nominal pay gap
-20%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-1.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $51,820
- p25
- $43,520
- p75
- $63,630
- p10
- $35,710
- p90
- $79,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.