State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Massachusetts, $63,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.9% — not 11.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.2%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+14.9%
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
Massachusetts
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $63,030
- p25
- $56,320
- p75
- $72,150
- p10
- $47,080
- p90
- $78,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.