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State comparison · 2025

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Georgia

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Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Georgia, $57,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 22.9%.

Nominal pay gap
+22.9%
Alaska vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+15.6%
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
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Georgia

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Median
$57,050
p25
$45,700
p75
$68,780
p10
$38,150
p90
$77,900
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
96.3
See full breakdown for Georgia

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.