Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,087
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$18,673
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,837
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
$92,760
Kept after tax
$74,087
Worth in national money
$72,837
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $92,760, which ranks 8 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 18.63% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Alaska. It ranks 102 out of 430 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $92,760 the take-home is $74,087, which is worth about $72,837 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $96,490, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Alaska ranks 8 of 51 states publishing a median for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians, at $92,760 — about 18.63% 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.
- Within Alaska, electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians ranks 102 of 430 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians on its $92,760 median: $74,087 retained after tax becomes $72,837 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $96,490 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,740 |
| This salary | $92,760 |
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 | $74,087 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,087 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,403 |
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 | $92,760 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,701 |
| 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 electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians in Alaska earn under $92,760 and half over. The published range runs $77,210 at the tenth percentile to $127,740 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alaska's $74,087, worked from $92,760. 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 102 of 430.
- Two cautions on $72,837, the adjusted value of that $92,760 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Alaska. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 102 of 430 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $77,210 to $127,740; 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.
- The Alaska take-home of $74,087, on $92,760 for work ranking 102 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 102 of 430 in the state.
- This $72,837 adjusted figure, worked from $92,760, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 102 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 102 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 $96,490, 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 $77,210 at the bottom tenth to $127,740 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $72,837 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $74,087 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $96,490. 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 ($77,210 to $127,740) 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 $72,837 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 $74,087 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.