Bakers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,087
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$5,623
14.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,512
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
$39,710
Kept after tax
$34,087
Worth in national money
$33,512
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Alaska pays bakers a middle wage of $39,710, ranking 9 of 51 states and sitting about 6.86% above the national middle.
- Within Alaska this is lower-paid work. Of 430 occupations the state publishes figures for, bakers ranks 393. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $39,710, take-home of $34,087 is worth roughly $33,512 in national money. The average comes to $44,070, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska's median for bakers is $39,710, about 6.86% above the national figure and 9 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Against every occupation Alaska reports, bakers ranks 393 of 430, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for bakers, whose median is $39,710, the adjusted figure of $33,512 differs little from $34,087 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $44,070 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Bakers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,110 |
| This salary | $39,710 |
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 | $34,087 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,087 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,566 |
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 | $39,710 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,894 |
| 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 $39,710. The published range is $34,550 up to $64,110, 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 $34,087, worked from $39,710. 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 393 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $33,512, the adjusted value of that $39,710 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 393 of 430 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for bakers in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,550 to $64,110. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Alaska take-home of $34,087, on $39,710 for work ranking 393 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 393 of 430 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $33,512 — the adjusted value of that $39,710 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 393 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 $44,070, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $34,550, the highest tenth $64,110, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $33,512 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $34,087 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $44,070. 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 ($34,550) and the ninetieth ($64,110) 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 $33,512 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 $34,087 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.