State comparison · 2025
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers salary: Alaska vs West Virginia
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska earn a median of $70,100. In West Virginia, $49,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.8% — not 41.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.7%
Alaska vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+23.8%
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
West Virginia
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Median
- $49,480
- p25
- $43,330
- p75
- $58,720
- p10
- $36,350
- p90
- $72,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.