Data Scientists in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,001
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$16,109
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,855
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
$84,110
Kept after tax
$68,001
Worth in national money
$66,855
State rank
46
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Alaska pays data scientists a middle wage of $84,110, 46 of 49 states and about 30.04% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Data scientists ranks 126 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $84,110, take-home of $68,001 is worth roughly $66,855 in national money. The average comes to $89,810, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska's $84,110 median for data scientists places it 46 of 49 states, about 30.04% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 126 of 430 in Alaska places data scientists 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.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for data scientists, whose median is $84,110, the adjusted figure of $66,855 differs little from $68,001 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $89,810 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Data Scientists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $138,400 |
| This salary | $84,110 |
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 | $68,001 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,001 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,123 |
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 | $84,110 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,314 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $84,110 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $51,550 and the ninetieth is $138,400 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $68,001 take-home in Alaska comes from $84,110. 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 126 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $66,855 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 126.
- The Alaska median of $84,110 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $51,550 to $138,400. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $68,001, from $84,110, 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 126 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $66,855, worked from $84,110, 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 126 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 $89,810, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $51,550 and the top tenth $138,400 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $66,855 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $68,001 survives, because Alaska levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $89,810. 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 ($51,550) and the ninetieth ($138,400) 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 $66,855 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 $68,001 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.