State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In New Jersey, $63,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.2% — not 10.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.3%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+17.2%
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
New Jersey
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $63,570
- p25
- $57,400
- p75
- $76,450
- p10
- $47,950
- p90
- $90,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.