Cashiers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,210
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$4,920
13.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,684
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
$36,130
Kept after tax
$31,210
Worth in national money
$30,684
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for cashiers. The middle earner takes $36,130, which ranks 6 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 9.88% above the national middle.
- Within Alaska this is lower-paid work. Of 430 occupations the state publishes figures for, cashiers ranks 414. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $36,130, take-home of $31,210 is worth roughly $30,684 in national money. The average comes to $37,160, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska ranks 6 of 51 states publishing a median for cashiers, at $36,130 — about 9.88% 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.
- Against every occupation Alaska reports, cashiers ranks 414 of 430, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for cashiers, whose median is $36,130, the adjusted figure of $30,684 differs little from $31,210 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $37,160 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Cashiers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,430 |
| This salary | $36,130 |
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 | $31,210 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,210 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,434 |
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 | $36,130 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,734 |
| 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 cashiers in Alaska earn under $36,130 and half over. The published range runs $30,780 at the tenth percentile to $45,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alaska's $31,210, worked from $36,130. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 414 of 430.
- Two cautions on $30,684, the adjusted value of that $36,130 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 414 of 430 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for cashiers in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,780 to $45,430; 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.
- The Alaska take-home of $31,210, on $36,130 for work ranking 414 of 430 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 414 of 430 in the state.
- This $30,684 adjusted figure, worked from $36,130, 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 414 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 414 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $30,780 at the bottom tenth to $45,430 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 $30,684 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $31,210 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,780 to $45,430) 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 $30,684 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 $31,210 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.