Dentists, General in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$170,702
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$60,288
26.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$167,824
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
$230,990
Kept after tax
$170,702
Worth in national money
$167,824
State rank
1
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dentists, general is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $230,990, putting the state 1 of 47 — about 35.12% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 430 occupations Alaska reports, dentists, general comes in at 5 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $230,990, tax leaves $170,702, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $167,824 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $215,360.
- For dentists, general, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $230,990, ranking 1 of 47 and running about 35.12% 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.
- Dentists, general ranks 5 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 dentists, general — median $230,990 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $170,702 retained, $167,824 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $215,360 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Dentists, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $124,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $230,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $320,440 |
| This salary | $230,990 |
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 | $170,702 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $170,702 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,841 |
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 | $230,990 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,606 |
| 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 $230,990. The published range is $124,200 up to $320,440, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $170,702, from $230,990, 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 5 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 $167,824 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 5.
- Reported values are medians; for dentists, general in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $124,200 to $320,440. 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 $170,702 from $230,990. 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 5 of 430 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $167,824, worked from $230,990, 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 5 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 $215,360, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $124,200 at the bottom tenth to $320,440 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $167,824 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $170,702 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 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 $215,360. 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 ($124,200) and the ninetieth ($320,440) 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 $167,824 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 $170,702 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.