State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs California
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In California, $60,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.8% — not 16.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.4%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+25.8%
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
California
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $60,230
- p25
- $48,740
- p75
- $72,330
- p10
- $41,830
- p90
- $81,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.