Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,794
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$14,336
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,719
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
$78,130
Kept after tax
$63,794
Worth in national money
$62,719
State rank
14
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $78,130, which ranks 14 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 17.9% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 165.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $78,130, take-home of $63,794 is worth roughly $62,719 in national money. The average comes to $78,420, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska ranks 14 of 49 states publishing a median for career/technical education teachers, secondary school, at $78,130 — about 17.9% 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.
- In Alaska's occupational distribution, career/technical education teachers, secondary school sits at 165 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.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for career/technical education teachers, secondary school, whose median is $78,130, the adjusted figure of $62,719 differs little from $63,794 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $78,420 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,690 |
| This salary | $78,130 |
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 | $63,794 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,794 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,930 |
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 | $78,130 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,048 |
| 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 $78,130. The published range is $59,190 up to $99,690, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $63,794, from $78,130, 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 165 of 430 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $62,719 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 165.
- Reported values are medians; for career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $59,190 to $99,690. 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 $63,794 from $78,130. 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 165 of 430 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $62,719, worked from $78,130, 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 165 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $59,190 at the tenth percentile, $99,690 at the ninetieth.
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 $62,719 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $63,794 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($59,190 to $99,690) 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 $62,719 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 $63,794 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.