State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Tennessee
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Tennessee, $58,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.3% — not 19.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.6%
Alaska vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+7.3%
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
Tennessee
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $58,620
- p25
- $47,740
- p75
- $73,420
- p10
- $39,960
- p90
- $83,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.