State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Colorado
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Colorado, $61,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.8% — not 14%.
Nominal pay gap
+14%
Alaska vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+14.8%
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
Colorado
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $61,500
- p25
- $53,490
- p75
- $70,220
- p10
- $47,010
- p90
- $80,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.