Dental Hygienists in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$101,960
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$30,730
23.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$100,240
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
$132,690
Kept after tax
$101,960
Worth in national money
$100,240
State rank
2
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for dental hygienists. The middle earner takes $132,690, which ranks 2 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 35.26% above the national middle.
- Within Alaska this is well-paid work. Of 430 occupations with published figures in the state, dental hygienists ranks 20 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $132,690, take-home of $101,960 is worth roughly $100,240 in national money. The average lands at $122,560, below the middle of the range.
- Alaska ranks 2 of 50 states publishing a median for dental hygienists, at $132,690 — about 35.26% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Alaska publishes a median for, dental hygienists sits 20 of 430 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for dental hygienists, whose median is $132,690, the adjusted figure of $100,240 differs little from $101,960 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $122,560 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Dental Hygienists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $132,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $138,840 |
| This salary | $132,690 |
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 | $101,960 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $101,960 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,683 |
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 | $132,690 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,658 |
| 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 $132,690. The published range is $60,590 up to $138,840, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $101,960 take-home in Alaska comes from $132,690. 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 20 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $100,240, the adjusted value of that $132,690 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 20 of 430 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for dental hygienists in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $60,590 to $138,840. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $101,960, from $132,690, 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 20 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $100,240 — the adjusted value of that $132,690 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 20 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 $122,560, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $60,590 at the bottom tenth to $138,840 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 $100,240 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $101,960 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $122,560. 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 ($60,590 to $138,840) 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 $100,240 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 $101,960 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.