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State comparison · 2025

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: New Jersey vs Washington

Occupation

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
See full breakdown for New Jersey

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.