Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,227
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$18,733
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,976
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
$92,960
Kept after tax
$74,227
Worth in national money
$72,976
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $92,960, putting the state 2 of 51 — about 63.03% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Alaska. It ranks 101 out of 430 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $92,960, take-home of $74,227 is worth roughly $72,976 in national money. The average comes to $100,010, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For cement masons and concrete finishers, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $92,960, ranking 2 of 51 and running about 63.03% 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.
- Within Alaska, cement masons and concrete finishers ranks 101 of 430 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for cement masons and concrete finishers, whose median is $92,960, the adjusted figure of $72,976 differs little from $74,227 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $100,010 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $123,880 |
| This salary | $92,960 |
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 | $74,227 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,227 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,409 |
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 | $92,960 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,709 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $92,960 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $84,450 and the ninetieth is $123,880 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $74,227 take-home in Alaska comes from $92,960. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 101 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $72,976, the adjusted value of that $92,960 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 101 of 430 in the state.
- The Alaska median of $92,960 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $84,450 to $123,880. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $74,227, from $92,960, assumes a single Alaska filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 101 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $72,976 — the adjusted value of that $92,960 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 101 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 $100,010 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 $84,450 at the bottom tenth to $123,880 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 $72,976 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $74,227 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.
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 $100,010. 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 ($84,450 to $123,880) 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 $72,976 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 $74,227 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.