State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In Rhode Island, $60,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.8% — not 7.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.1%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-2.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $60,190
- p25
- $50,330
- p75
- $64,250
- p10
- $45,600
- p90
- $75,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.