State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs North Carolina
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In North Carolina, $51,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.3% — not 36%.
Nominal pay gap
+36%
Alaska vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+25.3%
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
North Carolina
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $51,530
- p25
- $46,320
- p75
- $62,640
- p10
- $39,400
- p90
- $76,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.