Biological Technicians in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,554
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$8,916
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,752
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
$56,470
Kept after tax
$47,554
Worth in national money
$46,752
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for biological technicians. The middle earner takes $56,470, which ranks 14 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 1.81% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Biological technicians ranks 282 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $56,470, tax leaves $47,554, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $46,752 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $58,040, since top earners drag the number up.
- Alaska ranks 14 of 51 states publishing a median for biological technicians, at $56,470 — about 1.81% 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 282 of 430 in Alaska places biological technicians 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.
- Because Alaska sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for biological technicians — median $56,470 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $47,554 retained, $46,752 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $58,040 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Biological Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,860 |
| This salary | $56,470 |
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 | $47,554 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,554 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,184 |
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 | $56,470 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,642 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of biological technicians in Alaska earn under $56,470 and half over. The published range runs $44,720 at the tenth percentile to $76,860 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $47,554 take-home in Alaska comes from $56,470. 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 282 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $46,752, the adjusted value of that $56,470 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 282 of 430 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for biological technicians in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,720 to $76,860; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $47,554, from $56,470, 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 282 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $46,752 — the adjusted value of that $56,470 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 282 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $44,720 at the bottom tenth to $76,860 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $46,752 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $47,554 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($44,720 to $76,860) 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 $46,752 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 $47,554 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.