State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In Pennsylvania, $58,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.8% — not 9.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.5%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-0.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $58,580
- p25
- $49,570
- p75
- $65,830
- p10
- $43,560
- p90
- $78,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.