Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,771
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$12,219
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,781
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
$70,990
Kept after tax
$58,771
Worth in national money
$57,781
State rank
13
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $70,990, which ranks 13 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 9.3% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 207 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $70,990, take-home of $58,771 is worth roughly $57,781 in national money. The average comes to $75,130, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska ranks 13 of 50 states publishing a median for civil engineering technologists and technicians, at $70,990 — about 9.3% 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.
- Position 207 of 430 in Alaska places civil engineering technologists and technicians in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for civil engineering technologists and technicians, whose median is $70,990, the adjusted figure of $57,781 differs little from $58,771 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $75,130 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,550 |
| This salary | $70,990 |
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 | $58,771 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,771 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,700 |
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 | $70,990 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,729 |
| 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 civil engineering technologists and technicians in Alaska earn under $70,990 and half over. The published range runs $46,880 at the tenth percentile to $101,550 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $58,771, from $70,990, 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 207 of 430 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $57,781, the adjusted value of that $70,990 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 207 of 430 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for civil engineering technologists and technicians in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,880 to $101,550; 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 $58,771 from $70,990. 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 207 of 430 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $57,781 — the adjusted value of that $70,990 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 207 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 $75,130 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $46,880 and the top tenth $101,550 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $57,781 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $58,771 survives, because Alaska levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $75,130. 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 ($46,880) and the ninetieth ($101,550) 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 $57,781 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 $58,771 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.