State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Illinois
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Illinois, $60,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.5% — not 16.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.2%
Alaska vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+13.5%
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
Illinois
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $60,320
- p25
- $48,550
- p75
- $75,600
- p10
- $39,710
- p90
- $86,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.