Accountants and Auditors in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,544
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$15,916
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,405
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
$83,460
Kept after tax
$67,544
Worth in national money
$66,405
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for accountants and auditors. The middle earner takes $83,460, which ranks 15 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 0.26% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 131.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $83,460, take-home of $67,544 is worth roughly $66,405 in national money. The average comes to $90,350, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska ranks 15 of 51 states publishing a median for accountants and auditors, at $83,460 — about 0.26% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Alaska's occupational distribution, accountants and auditors sits at 131 of 430 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for accountants and auditors, whose median is $83,460, the adjusted figure of $66,405 differs little from $67,544 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $90,350 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Accountants and Auditors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $125,810 |
| This salary | $83,460 |
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 | $67,544 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,544 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,102 |
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 | $83,460 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,285 |
| 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 $83,460. The published range is $57,690 up to $125,810, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alaska's $67,544, worked from $83,460. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 131 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $66,405 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 131.
- Reported values are medians; for accountants and auditors in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $57,690 to $125,810. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Alaska take-home of $67,544, on $83,460 for work ranking 131 of 430 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 131 of 430 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $66,405, worked from $83,460, 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 131 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $90,350, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $57,690 at the bottom tenth to $125,810 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Alaska run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $66,405 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $67,544 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Alaska is $90,350. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($57,690) and the ninetieth ($125,810) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $66,405 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 $67,544 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.