Butchers and Meat Cutters in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,717
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$7,733
15.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,996
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
$50,450
Kept after tax
$42,717
Worth in national money
$41,996
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for butchers and meat cutters is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $50,450, putting the state 2 of 51 — about 25.69% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 318.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $50,450 the take-home is $42,717, which is worth about $41,996 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $51,900, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For butchers and meat cutters, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $50,450, ranking 2 of 51 and running about 25.69% 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, butchers and meat cutters sits at 318 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.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for butchers and meat cutters on its $50,450 median: $42,717 retained after tax becomes $41,996 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $51,900 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Butchers and Meat Cutters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,460 |
| This salary | $50,450 |
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 | $42,717 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,717 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,962 |
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 | $50,450 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,373 |
| 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 butchers and meat cutters in Alaska earn under $50,450 and half over. The published range runs $35,810 at the tenth percentile to $71,460 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $42,717, from $50,450, 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 318 of 430 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $41,996, the adjusted value of that $50,450 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Alaska. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 318 of 430 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for butchers and meat cutters in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,810 to $71,460; 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.
- Take-home for Alaska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $42,717 from $50,450. 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 318 of 430 locally.
- This $41,996 adjusted figure, worked from $50,450, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 318 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 318 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,810 at the bottom tenth to $71,460 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 $41,996 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $42,717 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,810 to $71,460) 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 $41,996 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 $42,717 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.