State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs South Carolina
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In South Carolina, $51,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.5% — not 37.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.1%
Alaska vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+25.5%
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
South Carolina
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $51,130
- p25
- $46,290
- p75
- $62,660
- p10
- $39,330
- p90
- $77,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.