State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Minnesota
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Minnesota, $61,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 13.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.1%
Alaska vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+8.9%
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
Minnesota
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $61,990
- p25
- $50,730
- p75
- $73,700
- p10
- $45,910
- p90
- $81,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.