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State comparison · 2025

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Maryland

Occupation

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Maryland, $59,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.1% — not 18.1%.

Nominal pay gap
+18.1%
Alaska vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+21.1%
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
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Maryland

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Median
$59,360
p25
$49,640
p75
$69,270
p10
$43,670
p90
$79,130
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
105.0
See full breakdown for Maryland

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.