State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Kentucky
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Kentucky, $56,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.6% — not 24.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.4%
Alaska vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+9.6%
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
Kentucky
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $56,340
- p25
- $47,810
- p75
- $70,020
- p10
- $38,670
- p90
- $85,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.