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Light Truck Drivers pay in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY and Anchorage, AK
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Light Truck Drivers is $41,360 per year in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY. It is $57,250 per year in Anchorage, AK. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is 27.8% below Anchorage, AK on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-3033 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 3,030 wage and salary jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY and 1,400 in Anchorage, AK. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings