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State comparison · 2025

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Washington vs Wisconsin

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Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington earn a median of $64,760. In Wisconsin, $58,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.8% — not 10.5%.

Nominal pay gap
+10.5%
Washington vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
-2.8%
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
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Wisconsin

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Median
$58,610
p25
$49,400
p75
$63,870
p10
$44,920
p90
$76,380
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
94.1
See full breakdown for Wisconsin

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.