State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs New York
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In New York, $62,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19% — not 13%.
Nominal pay gap
+13%
Alaska vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+19%
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 York
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $62,050
- p25
- $55,550
- p75
- $74,040
- p10
- $47,880
- p90
- $88,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
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.