State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: South Dakota vs Washington
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In South Dakota, $58,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.4% — not 9.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.4%
South Dakota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+9.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Dakota
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $58,690
- p25
- $48,370
- p75
- $64,480
- p10
- $41,590
- p90
- $78,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.