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CDL / truck driving schools in Alaska

Alaska has 12 accredited campuses awarding cdl credentials. If you finish and work as a tractor-trailer truck driver in Alaska, expect to start around $48,080–$60,500 and reach a median of $70,100 with experience; the top quarter earn $78,060 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Alaska). Graduates of these Alaska programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of not reported in their first year, against $38,603 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.

What heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers earn in Alaska

$48,080starting (10th percentile)
$60,500early career (25th)
$70,100median, all experience
$78,060experienced (75th)
$90,610top earners (90th)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 3,420 employed in Alaska. National median: $58,640.

Campuses in Alaska, ranked by what their graduates earned

12campuses in Alaska
credentials awarded / yr
not reportedmedian earnings, yr 1 (Alaska)
$38,603median earnings, yr 1 (U.S.)

Cities: AnchorageDelta JunctionFairbanksJuneauKenaiNaknekPalmerSoldotna

CampusCityTypeGrads / yrEarnings, yr 1Program debtCompletionCost / yr
Alaska Driving Academy Soldotna not reported not reported not reported not reported
Anchorage Anchorage not reported not reported not reported not reported
CEE (Anc Office Training) Anchorage not reported not reported not reported not reported
CEE (Fai) Fairbanks not reported not reported not reported not reported
Delta Driving Academy Delta Junction not reported not reported not reported not reported
Fairbanks Fairbanks not reported not reported not reported not reported
Juneau Juneau not reported not reported not reported not reported
Kenai Peninsula Driving Instruction LLC Kenai not reported not reported not reported not reported
King Salmon Naknek not reported not reported not reported not reported
Northern Industrial Training, LLC Palmer not reported not reported not reported not reported
Northern Industrial Training, LLC - Fairbanks Fairbanks not reported not reported not reported not reported
Southeast Trucking and Training Juneau not reported not reported not reported not reported

Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.

Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.

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