Community Health Workers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,962
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$8,038
15.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,221
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
$52,000
Kept after tax
$43,962
Worth in national money
$43,221
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Alaska is 20 of 51 states for community health workers, with a middle wage of $52,000. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Community health workers ranks 312 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $52,000 the take-home is $43,962, which is worth about $43,221 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $54,460, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Alaska ranks 20 of 51 for community health workers at $52,000. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 312 of 430 in Alaska places community health workers 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 community health workers on its $52,000 median: $43,962 retained after tax becomes $43,221 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $54,460 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Community Health Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,210 |
| This salary | $52,000 |
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 | $43,962 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,962 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,019 |
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 | $52,000 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,442 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $52,000 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,780 and the ninetieth is $77,210 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $43,962, from $52,000, 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 312 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 $43,221, the adjusted value of that $52,000 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 312 of 430 in the state.
- The Alaska median of $52,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,780 to $77,210. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Alaska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $43,962 from $52,000. 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 312 of 430 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $43,221 — the adjusted value of that $52,000 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 312 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $54,460, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,780 and the top tenth $77,210 — 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 $43,221 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $43,962 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $54,460. 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 ($38,780) and the ninetieth ($77,210) 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 $43,221 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 $43,962 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.