State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alabama vs Alaska
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Alabama, $52,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.6%
Alabama vs Alaska
COL-adjusted gap
-14.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $52,120
- p25
- $44,640
- p75
- $64,870
- p10
- $38,240
- p90
- $77,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Alaska
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $70,100
- p25
- $60,500
- p75
- $78,060
- p10
- $48,080
- p90
- $90,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.