State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Washington vs West Virginia
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In West Virginia, $49,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.5% — not 30.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.9%
Washington vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+9.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
West Virginia
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $49,480
- p25
- $43,330
- p75
- $58,720
- p10
- $36,350
- p90
- $72,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.