Database Administrators in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$85,378
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$23,432
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$83,938
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
$108,810
Kept after tax
$85,378
Worth in national money
$83,938
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for database administrators is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $108,810, putting the state 13 of 51 — about 4% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 430 occupations Alaska reports, database administrators comes in at 51 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $108,810, tax leaves $85,378, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $83,938 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $103,520.
- For database administrators, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $108,810, ranking 13 of 51 and running about 4% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Database administrators ranks 51 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.
- Because Alaska sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for database administrators — median $108,810 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $85,378 retained, $83,938 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $103,520 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Database Administrators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $108,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $138,330 |
| This salary | $108,810 |
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 | $85,378 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,378 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,922 |
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 | $108,810 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,417 |
| 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 database administrators in Alaska earn under $108,810 and half over. The published range runs $66,190 at the tenth percentile to $138,330 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $85,378, from $108,810, 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 51 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 $83,938 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 51.
- Figures are distribution medians for database administrators in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $66,190 to $138,330; 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.
- Take-home for Alaska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $85,378 from $108,810. 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 51 of 430 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $83,938, worked from $108,810, 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 51 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $103,520, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $66,190 at the bottom tenth to $138,330 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $83,938 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $85,378 of this wage reaches your account, because Alaska takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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 $103,520. 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 ($66,190 to $138,330) 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 $83,938 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 $85,378 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.