Clergy in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,999
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$8,781
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,207
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
$55,780
Kept after tax
$46,999
Worth in national money
$46,207
State rank
43
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is among the lower-paying states for clergy. The middle earner takes $55,780, ranking 43 of 50 states — about 8.27% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Clergy ranks 288 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $55,780 the take-home is $46,999, which is worth about $46,207 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $54,750, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Alaska ranks 43 of 50 for clergy, with a median of $55,780 — about 8.27% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 288 of 430 in Alaska places clergy 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.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for clergy on its $55,780 median: $46,999 retained after tax becomes $46,207 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $54,750 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Clergy
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,820 |
| This salary | $55,780 |
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 | $46,999 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,999 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,159 |
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 | $55,780 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,611 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $55,780 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,910 and the ninetieth is $76,820 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $46,999 take-home in Alaska comes from $55,780. 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 288 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $46,207, the adjusted value of that $55,780 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 288 of 430 in the state.
- The Alaska median of $55,780 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,910 to $76,820. 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 $46,999, from $55,780, 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 288 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 43 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $46,207 — the adjusted value of that $55,780 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 288 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $35,910 at the bottom tenth to $76,820 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Alaska run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $46,207 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $46,999 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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($35,910) and the ninetieth ($76,820) 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 $46,207 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 $46,999 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.