State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Michigan
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Michigan, $57,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 22.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.6%
Alaska vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+15.2%
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
Michigan
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $57,180
- p25
- $47,600
- p75
- $62,060
- p10
- $40,280
- p90
- $73,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.