State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs Virginia
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In Virginia, $56,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.7% — not 23.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.3%
Alaska vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+21.7%
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
Virginia
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $56,860
- p25
- $46,880
- p75
- $63,200
- p10
- $38,180
- p90
- $77,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.