State comparison · 2025
Light Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Kentucky
Light Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $57,190. In Kentucky, $43,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.5% — not 32.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.3%
Alaska vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+16.5%
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
Kentucky
Light Truck Drivers
- Median
- $43,230
- p25
- $33,510
- p75
- $57,950
- p10
- $26,780
- p90
- $84,040
- 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.