Chief Executives in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$125,212
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$41,498
24.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$123,101
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
$166,710
Kept after tax
$125,212
Worth in national money
$123,101
State rank
35
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Alaska pays chief executives a middle wage of $166,710, 35 of 46 states and about 22.09% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Alaska. It ranks 9 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 $166,710, take-home of $125,212 is worth roughly $123,101 in national money. The average comes to $220,770, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska's $166,710 median for chief executives places it 35 of 46 states, about 22.09% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Within Alaska, chief executives ranks 9 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 chief executives, whose median is $166,710, the adjusted figure of $123,101 differs little from $125,212 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $220,770 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Chief Executives
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $166,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $428,990 |
| This salary | $166,710 |
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 | $125,212 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $125,212 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,751 |
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 | $166,710 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,177 |
| 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 $166,710. The published range is $75,870 up to $428,990, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $125,212 take-home in Alaska comes from $166,710. 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 9 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $123,101, the adjusted value of that $166,710 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 9 of 430 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for chief executives in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $75,870 to $428,990. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $125,212, from $166,710, 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 9 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 35 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $123,101 — the adjusted value of that $166,710 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 9 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 $220,770 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $75,870, the highest tenth $428,990, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $123,101 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $125,212 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 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 $220,770. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($75,870) and the ninetieth ($428,990) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $123,101 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 $125,212 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.