Construction Managers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$106,402
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$32,788
23.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$104,608
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
$139,190
Kept after tax
$106,402
Worth in national money
$104,608
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for construction managers. The middle earner takes $139,190, which ranks 4 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 21.05% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 430 occupations Alaska reports, construction managers comes in at 16 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $139,190, take-home of $106,402 is worth roughly $104,608 in national money. The average comes to $153,030, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska ranks 4 of 51 states publishing a median for construction managers, at $139,190 — about 21.05% 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.
- Construction managers ranks 16 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.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for construction managers, whose median is $139,190, the adjusted figure of $104,608 differs little from $106,402 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $153,030 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Construction Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $98,810 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $139,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $213,710 |
| This salary | $139,190 |
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 | $106,402 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $106,402 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,887 |
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 | $139,190 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,948 |
| 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 construction managers in Alaska earn under $139,190 and half over. The published range runs $98,810 at the tenth percentile to $213,710 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alaska's $106,402, worked from $139,190. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 16 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $104,608, the adjusted value of that $139,190 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 16 of 430 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for construction managers in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $98,810 to $213,710; 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.
- The Alaska take-home of $106,402, on $139,190 for work ranking 16 of 430 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 16 of 430 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $104,608 — the adjusted value of that $139,190 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 16 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 $153,030 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $98,810 at the bottom tenth to $213,710 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
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 $104,608 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $106,402 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?
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 $153,030. 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 ($98,810) and the ninetieth ($213,710) 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 $104,608 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 $106,402 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.