Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,205
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$28,065
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$94,582
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
$124,270
Kept after tax
$96,205
Worth in national money
$94,582
State rank
4
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $124,270, which ranks 4 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 23.55% above the national middle.
- Within Alaska this is well-paid work. Of 430 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 30 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $124,270, take-home of $96,205 is worth roughly $94,582 in national money. The average lands at $122,210, below the middle of the range.
- Alaska ranks 4 of 48 states publishing a median for clinical and counseling psychologists, at $124,270 — about 23.55% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Alaska publishes a median for, clinical and counseling psychologists sits 30 of 430 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for clinical and counseling psychologists, whose median is $124,270, the adjusted figure of $94,582 differs little from $96,205 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $122,210 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $170,180 |
| This salary | $124,270 |
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 | $96,205 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,205 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,419 |
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 | $124,270 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,174 |
| 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 $124,270. The published range is $42,360 up to $170,180, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $96,205, from $124,270, 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 30 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 $94,582, the adjusted value of that $124,270 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 30 of 430 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for clinical and counseling psychologists in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,360 to $170,180. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Alaska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $96,205 from $124,270. 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 30 of 430 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $94,582 — the adjusted value of that $124,270 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 30 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $42,360 and the top tenth $170,180 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $94,582 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $96,205 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 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 ($42,360) and the ninetieth ($170,180) 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 $94,582 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 $96,205 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.