State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs New Mexico
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In New Mexico, $50,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25% — not 38.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.8%
Alaska vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+25%
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 Mexico
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $50,500
- p25
- $46,370
- p75
- $60,320
- p10
- $38,540
- p90
- $65,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.