State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Texas
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Texas, $56,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.1% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.5%
Alaska vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+18.1%
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
Texas
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $56,290
- p25
- $46,680
- p75
- $64,820
- p10
- $38,150
- p90
- $79,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.