Education Administrators, All Other in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,566
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$21,404
21.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,207
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
$101,970
Kept after tax
$80,566
Worth in national money
$79,207
State rank
13
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $101,970, which ranks 13 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 7.11% above the national middle.
- Within Alaska this is well-paid work. Of 430 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 73 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $101,970, take-home of $80,566 is worth roughly $79,207 in national money. The average lands at $101,070, below the middle of the range.
- Alaska ranks 13 of 49 states publishing a median for education administrators, all other, at $101,970 — about 7.11% 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, education administrators, all other sits 73 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 education administrators, all other, whose median is $101,970, the adjusted figure of $79,207 differs little from $80,566 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $101,070 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $139,820 |
| This salary | $101,970 |
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 | $80,566 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,566 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,701 |
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 | $101,970 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,112 |
| 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 $101,970. The published range is $62,330 up to $139,820, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alaska's $80,566, worked from $101,970. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 73 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $79,207, the adjusted value of that $101,970 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 73 of 430 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for education administrators, all other in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $62,330 to $139,820. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Alaska take-home of $80,566, on $101,970 for work ranking 73 of 430 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 73 of 430 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $79,207 — the adjusted value of that $101,970 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 73 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $62,330 and the top tenth $139,820 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $79,207 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $80,566 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 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($62,330) and the ninetieth ($139,820) 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 $79,207 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 $80,566 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.