Carpet Installers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,852
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$13,938
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,792
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
$76,790
Kept after tax
$62,852
Worth in national money
$61,792
State rank
3
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for carpet installers. The middle earner takes $76,790, which ranks 3 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 52.54% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 182.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $76,790, take-home of $62,852 is worth roughly $61,792 in national money. The average lands at $70,380, below the middle of the range.
- Alaska ranks 3 of 45 states publishing a median for carpet installers, at $76,790 — about 52.54% 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, carpet installers sits at 182 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 carpet installers, whose median is $76,790, the adjusted figure of $61,792 differs little from $62,852 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $70,380 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Carpet Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,310 |
| This salary | $76,790 |
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 | $62,852 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,852 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,887 |
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 | $76,790 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,988 |
| 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 carpet installers in Alaska earn under $76,790 and half over. The published range runs $46,740 at the tenth percentile to $79,310 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $62,852, from $76,790, 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 182 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 $61,792 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 182.
- Figures are distribution medians for carpet installers in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,740 to $79,310; 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 $62,852 from $76,790. 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 182 of 430 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $61,792, worked from $76,790, 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 182 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $70,380 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $46,740 at the bottom tenth to $79,310 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 $61,792 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $62,852 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $70,380. 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 ($46,740 to $79,310) 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 $61,792 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 $62,852 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.