State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Mississippi
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Mississippi, $51,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.9% — not 35.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.3%
Alaska vs Mississippi
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
Mississippi
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $51,820
- p25
- $43,520
- p75
- $63,630
- p10
- $35,710
- p90
- $79,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.