Bill and Account Collectors in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,041
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$9,769
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,180
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
$60,810
Kept after tax
$51,041
Worth in national money
$50,180
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for bill and account collectors. The middle earner takes $60,810, which ranks 2 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 29.3% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Bill and account collectors ranks 256 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $60,810, take-home of $51,041 is worth roughly $50,180 in national money. The average lands at $57,550, below the middle of the range.
- Alaska ranks 2 of 51 states publishing a median for bill and account collectors, at $60,810 — about 29.3% 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.
- Position 256 of 430 in Alaska places bill and account collectors in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for bill and account collectors, whose median is $60,810, the adjusted figure of $50,180 differs little from $51,041 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $57,550 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Bill and Account Collectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,590 |
| This salary | $60,810 |
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 | $51,041 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,041 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,344 |
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 | $60,810 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,835 |
| 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 $60,810. The published range is $34,840 up to $73,590, 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 $51,041, worked from $60,810. 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 256 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $50,180 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 256.
- Reported values are medians; for bill and account collectors in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,840 to $73,590. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Alaska take-home of $51,041, on $60,810 for work ranking 256 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 256 of 430 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $50,180, worked from $60,810, 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 256 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $57,550, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,840 at the bottom tenth to $73,590 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $50,180 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $51,041 survives, because Alaska levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 $57,550. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,840 to $73,590) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Alaska rather than a national figure.
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 $50,180 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 $51,041 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.