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Light Truck Drivers pay in Anchorage, AK and Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Light Truck Drivers is $57,250 per year in Anchorage, AK. It is $42,860 per year in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. Anchorage, AK is 33.6% above Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 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 1,400 wage and salary jobs in Anchorage, AK and 9,560 in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. 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