State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Pennsylvania
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Pennsylvania, $58,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.1% — not 19.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.7%
Alaska vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+14.1%
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
Pennsylvania
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $58,580
- p25
- $49,570
- p75
- $65,830
- p10
- $43,560
- p90
- $78,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.