Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,480
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$19,260
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,207
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
$94,740
Kept after tax
$75,480
Worth in national money
$74,207
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Alaska pays this job a middle wage of $94,740, ranking 6 of 51 states and sitting about 14.08% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 430 occupations Alaska reports, this job comes in at 93 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $94,740, tax leaves $75,480, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $74,207 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $98,220, since top earners drag the number up.
- Alaska's median for business operations specialists, all other is $94,740, about 14.08% above the national figure and 6 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.
- Business operations specialists, all other ranks 93 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.
- Because Alaska sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for business operations specialists, all other — median $94,740 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $75,480 retained, $74,207 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $98,220 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Business Operations Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,470 |
| This salary | $94,740 |
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 | $75,480 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,480 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,467 |
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 | $94,740 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,789 |
| 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 $94,740. The published range is $66,780 up to $133,470, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $75,480, from $94,740, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 93 of 430 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $74,207, the adjusted value of that $94,740 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 93 of 430 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for business operations specialists, all other in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $66,780 to $133,470. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Alaska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $75,480 from $94,740. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 93 of 430 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $74,207 — the adjusted value of that $94,740 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 93 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 $98,220, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $66,780 and the top tenth $133,470, so most people doing this work in Alaska sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Alaska run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $74,207 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $75,480 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $98,220. 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 ($66,780 to $133,470) 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 $74,207 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 $75,480 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.