Compensation and Benefits Managers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$94,988
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$27,502
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,386
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
$122,490
Kept after tax
$94,988
Worth in national money
$93,386
State rank
30
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Alaska is 30 of 45 states for this job, with a middle wage of $122,490. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 430 occupations Alaska reports, this job comes in at 32 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $122,490 the take-home is $94,988, which is worth about $93,386 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $122,910, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Alaska ranks 30 of 45 for compensation and benefits managers at $122,490. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Compensation and benefits managers ranks 32 of 430 occupations by median in Alaska, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for compensation and benefits managers on its $122,490 median: $94,988 retained after tax becomes $93,386 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $122,910 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Compensation and Benefits Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $69,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $122,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $154,560 |
| This salary | $122,490 |
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 | $94,988 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $94,988 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,363 |
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 | $122,490 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,046 |
| 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 compensation and benefits managers in Alaska earn under $122,490 and half over. The published range runs $69,150 at the tenth percentile to $154,560 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $94,988, from $122,490, 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 32 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 $93,386, the adjusted value of that $122,490 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 32 of 430 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for compensation and benefits managers in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $69,150 to $154,560; 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 $94,988 from $122,490. 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 32 of 430 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $93,386 — the adjusted value of that $122,490 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 32 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $69,150 and the top tenth $154,560, so most people doing this work in Alaska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $93,386 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $94,988 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($69,150 to $154,560) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Alaska rather than a national figure.
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 $93,386 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 $94,988 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.