State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Louisiana
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Louisiana, $49,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 42.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.1%
Alaska vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+22.4%
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
Louisiana
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $49,320
- p25
- $44,330
- p75
- $58,780
- p10
- $36,710
- p90
- $68,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.