State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Missouri
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Missouri, $54,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.9% — not 28.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.5%
Alaska vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+13.9%
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
Missouri
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $54,550
- p25
- $46,140
- p75
- $63,400
- p10
- $37,860
- p90
- $77,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.