State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Rhode Island
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Rhode Island, $60,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 16.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.5%
Alaska vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+16.4%
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
Rhode Island
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $60,190
- p25
- $50,330
- p75
- $64,250
- p10
- $45,600
- p90
- $75,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.