Architects, Except Landscape and Naval in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$85,322
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$23,408
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$83,883
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
$108,730
Kept after tax
$85,322
Worth in national money
$83,883
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $108,730, which ranks 4 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 9.52% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 430 occupations Alaska reports, this job comes in at 52 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $108,730, take-home of $85,322 is worth roughly $83,883 in national money. The average lands at $108,080, below the middle of the range.
- Alaska ranks 4 of 51 states publishing a median for architects, except landscape and naval, at $108,730 — about 9.52% 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.
- Architects, except landscape and naval ranks 52 of 430 occupations by median in Alaska, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for architects, except landscape and naval, whose median is $108,730, the adjusted figure of $83,883 differs little from $85,322 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $108,080 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $108,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $143,340 |
| This salary | $108,730 |
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 | $85,322 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,322 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,919 |
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 | $108,730 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,413 |
| 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 $108,730. The published range is $60,980 up to $143,340, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $85,322 take-home in Alaska comes from $108,730. 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 52 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $83,883, the adjusted value of that $108,730 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 52 of 430 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for architects, except landscape and naval in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $60,980 to $143,340. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $85,322, from $108,730, 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 52 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $83,883 — the adjusted value of that $108,730 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 52 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $60,980 at the bottom tenth to $143,340 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Alaska costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $83,883 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $85,322 of this wage reaches your account, because Alaska takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($60,980) and the ninetieth ($143,340) 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 $83,883 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 $85,322 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.