State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs South Dakota
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In South Dakota, $58,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.3% — not 19.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.4%
Alaska vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+3.3%
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
South Dakota
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $58,690
- p25
- $48,370
- p75
- $64,480
- p10
- $41,590
- p90
- $78,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.