Construction Laborers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,831
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$9,229
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,008
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
$58,060
Kept after tax
$48,831
Worth in national money
$48,008
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for construction laborers. The middle earner takes $58,060, which ranks 8 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 23.22% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Construction laborers ranks 267 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $58,060 the take-home is $48,831, which is worth about $48,008 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $59,270, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Alaska ranks 8 of 51 states publishing a median for construction laborers, at $58,060 — about 23.22% 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.
- Position 267 of 430 in Alaska places construction laborers 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 construction laborers on its $58,060 median: $48,831 retained after tax becomes $48,008 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $59,270 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Construction Laborers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,710 |
| This salary | $58,060 |
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 | $48,831 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,831 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,243 |
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 | $58,060 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,713 |
| 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 $58,060. The published range is $37,980 up to $83,710, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $48,831, from $58,060, 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 267 of 430 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $48,008, the adjusted value of that $58,060 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 267 of 430 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for construction laborers in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,980 to $83,710. 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 $48,831 from $58,060. 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 267 of 430 locally.
- This $48,008 adjusted figure, worked from $58,060, 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 267 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 267 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $37,980 at the bottom tenth to $83,710 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $48,008 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $48,831 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($37,980) and the ninetieth ($83,710) 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 $48,008 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 $48,831 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.