Credit Analysts in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,053
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$15,287
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,939
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
$81,340
Kept after tax
$66,053
Worth in national money
$64,939
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for credit analysts. The middle earner takes $81,340, which ranks 16 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 2.6% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Alaska, this sits in the middle: 139 of 430 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $81,340 the take-home is $66,053, which is worth about $64,939 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $78,120, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Alaska ranks 16 of 51 states publishing a median for credit analysts, at $81,340 — about 2.6% 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.
- Credit analysts ranks 139 of 430 occupations in Alaska by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for credit analysts on its $81,340 median: $66,053 retained after tax becomes $64,939 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $78,120 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Credit Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,110 |
| This salary | $81,340 |
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 | $66,053 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,053 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,034 |
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 | $81,340 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,191 |
| 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 $81,340. The published range is $56,910 up to $97,110, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $66,053, from $81,340, 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 139 of 430 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $64,939 uses one figure for the whole of Alaska. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 430 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 139.
- Reported values are medians; for credit analysts in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $56,910 to $97,110. 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 $66,053 from $81,340. 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 139 of 430 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $64,939, worked from $81,340, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Alaska address, on work sitting at 139 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $78,120, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $56,910 at the tenth percentile, $97,110 at the ninetieth.
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 $64,939 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $66,053 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?
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.
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 $78,120. 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 ($56,910 to $97,110) 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 $64,939 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 $66,053 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.