Computer Network Architects in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$93,053
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$26,667
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$91,484
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
$119,720
Kept after tax
$93,053
Worth in national money
$91,484
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska sits in the middle of the pack for computer network architects. The median is $119,720, ranking 33 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Alaska. It ranks 35 out of 430 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $119,720 the take-home is $93,053, which is worth about $91,484 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $127,400, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Alaska occupies the middle band for computer network architects: a median of $119,720, ranking 33 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Alaska, computer network architects ranks 35 of 430 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for computer network architects on its $119,720 median: $93,053 retained after tax becomes $91,484 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $127,400 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Computer Network Architects
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $88,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $119,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $173,070 |
| This salary | $119,720 |
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 | $93,053 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,053 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,274 |
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 | $119,720 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,904 |
| 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 computer network architects in Alaska earn under $119,720 and half over. The published range runs $88,690 at the tenth percentile to $173,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $93,053 take-home in Alaska comes from $119,720. 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 35 of 430.
- Two cautions on $91,484, the adjusted value of that $119,720 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Alaska. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 35 of 430 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer network architects in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $88,690 to $173,070; 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.
- Retained pay of $93,053, from $119,720, 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 35 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 51 for it.
- This $91,484 adjusted figure, worked from $119,720, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 35 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 35 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 $127,400 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $88,690 at the bottom tenth to $173,070 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $91,484 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $93,053 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $127,400. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($88,690 to $173,070) 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 $91,484 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 $93,053 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.