State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: North Carolina vs Washington
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In North Carolina, $51,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 20.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.4%
North Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-9.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $51,530
- p25
- $46,320
- p75
- $62,640
- p10
- $39,400
- p90
- $76,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.