State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: New York vs Washington
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In New York, $62,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5% — not 4.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.2%
New York vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $62,050
- p25
- $55,550
- p75
- $74,040
- p10
- $47,880
- p90
- $88,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
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.