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State comparison · 2025

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Ohio

Occupation

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Ohio, $59,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.2% — not 17.2%.

Nominal pay gap
+17.2%
Alaska vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+6.2%
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
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Ohio

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Median
$59,800
p25
$49,260
p75
$71,260
p10
$43,670
p90
$77,650
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
92.8
See full breakdown for Ohio

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.