Audio and Video Technicians in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,045
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$10,015
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,168
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
$62,060
Kept after tax
$52,045
Worth in national money
$51,168
State rank
10
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for audio and video technicians is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $62,060, putting the state 10 of 49 — about 6.82% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 242.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $62,060, take-home of $52,045 is worth roughly $51,168 in national money. The average comes to $65,470, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For audio and video technicians, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $62,060, ranking 10 of 49 and running about 6.82% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Alaska's occupational distribution, audio and video technicians sits at 242 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 audio and video technicians, whose median is $62,060, the adjusted figure of $51,168 differs little from $52,045 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $65,470 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Audio and Video Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,240 |
| This salary | $62,060 |
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 | $52,045 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,045 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,391 |
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 | $62,060 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,891 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,060 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $43,040 and the ninetieth is $89,240 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alaska's $52,045, worked from $62,060. 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 242 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $51,168, the adjusted value of that $62,060 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 242 of 430 in the state.
- The Alaska median of $62,060 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $43,040 to $89,240. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Alaska take-home of $52,045, on $62,060 for work ranking 242 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 242 of 430 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $51,168 — the adjusted value of that $62,060 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 242 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 $65,470, 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 $43,040 at the bottom tenth to $89,240 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $51,168 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $52,045 survives, because Alaska levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $65,470. 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 ($43,040) and the ninetieth ($89,240) 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 $51,168 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 $52,045 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.