State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: New Jersey vs Washington
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In New Jersey, $63,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.5% — not 1.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-1.8%
New Jersey vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-3.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $63,570
- p25
- $57,400
- p75
- $76,450
- p10
- $47,950
- p90
- $90,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.