Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,554
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$8,916
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,752
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
$56,470
Kept after tax
$47,554
Worth in national money
$46,752
State rank
18
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $56,470, ranking 18 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 283 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $56,470, tax leaves $47,554, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $46,752 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $58,740, since top earners drag the number up.
- Alaska occupies the middle band for educational instruction and library workers, all other: a median of $56,470, ranking 18 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 283 of 430 in Alaska places educational instruction and library workers, all other 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.
- Because Alaska sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for educational instruction and library workers, all other — median $56,470 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $47,554 retained, $46,752 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $58,740 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,690 |
| This salary | $56,470 |
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 | $47,554 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,554 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,184 |
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 | $56,470 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,642 |
| 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 $56,470. The published range is $40,880 up to $73,690, 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 $47,554, worked from $56,470. 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 283 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $46,752, the adjusted value of that $56,470 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 283 of 430 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for educational instruction and library workers, all other in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,880 to $73,690. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Alaska take-home of $47,554, on $56,470 for work ranking 283 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 283 of 430 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $46,752 — the adjusted value of that $56,470 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 283 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $58,740 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $40,880 and the top tenth $73,690, so most people doing this work in Alaska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $46,752 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $47,554 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 50 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 $58,740. 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 ($40,880 to $73,690) 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 $46,752 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 $47,554 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.