State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Arizona
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Arizona, $58,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.7% — not 20.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.7%
Alaska vs Arizona
COL-adjusted gap
+18.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Arizona
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $58,080
- p25
- $47,550
- p75
- $65,580
- p10
- $42,580
- p90
- $76,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.