District of Columbia
What running a truck through District of Columbia costs in fuel tax, what the state pays the people who drive them, and how many carriers actually call it home. Every figure is pulled from a public source and dated, and the per-mile numbers are worked at 6.0 mpg.
Fuel tax
None
District of Columbia is not an IFTA member.
Costs you
n/a
Per mile at 6.0 mpg.
Median driver pay
$64,170
May 2025. Rank 3 of 51.
Active carriers
403
Interstate, based in District of Columbia. Rank 50 of 51.
Fuel tax
District of Columbia is outside IFTA, so nothing is filed for it and the miles are handled another way. What that means for a return.
Driver pay
A median of $64,170, a tenth percentile of $51,500 and a ninetieth of $84,000. What the spread says about the market.
Carriers
403 active interstate carriers running 2,928 trucks between them, at an average of 7.3 each.
How District of Columbia compares
District of Columbia is not an IFTA member, so there is no rate to compare. The 47 states that publish one average $0.3681 a gallon. Nationally, 47% of active interstate carriers run one truck; here it is 42%.
Other states