State comparison · 2025
Light Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Iowa
Light Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $57,190. In Iowa, $42,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 33.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.8%
Alaska vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+14.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Light Truck Drivers
- Median
- $57,190
- p25
- $48,620
- p75
- $82,740
- p10
- $37,210
- p90
- $96,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Iowa
Light Truck Drivers
- Median
- $42,750
- p25
- $37,090
- p75
- $47,500
- p10
- $29,600
- p90
- $92,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.