Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,145
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$11,955
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,165
Alaska costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Alaska — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$70,100
Kept after tax
$58,145
Worth in national money
$57,165
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $70,100, putting the state 1 of 51 — about 19.54% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 210 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $70,100, take-home of $58,145 is worth roughly $57,165 in national money. The average lands at $69,520, below the middle of the range.
- For heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $70,100, ranking 1 of 51 and running about 19.54% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 210 of 430 in Alaska places heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, whose median is $70,100, the adjusted figure of $57,165 differs little from $58,145 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $69,520 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,610 |
| This salary | $70,100 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Alaska | $58,145 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,145 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,671 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $70,100 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,678 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Alaska earn less than $70,100. The published range is $48,080 up to $90,610, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $58,145 take-home in Alaska comes from $70,100. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 210 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $57,165 uses one figure for the whole of Alaska. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 430 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 210.
- Reported values are medians; for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,080 to $90,610. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $58,145, from $70,100, assumes a single Alaska filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 210 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $57,165, worked from $70,100, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Alaska address, on work sitting at 210 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $48,080 at the bottom tenth to $90,610 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $57,165 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $58,145 survives, because Alaska levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,080 to $90,610) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Alaska rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Alaska's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $57,165 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Alaska levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $58,145 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.