Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,883
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$18,587
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,637
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
$92,470
Kept after tax
$73,883
Worth in national money
$72,637
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $92,470, ranking 33 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Alaska this is well-paid work. Of 430 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 105 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $92,470 the take-home is $73,883, which is worth about $72,637 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $92,220, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Alaska occupies the middle band for electrical power-line installers and repairers: a median of $92,470, ranking 33 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Alaska publishes a median for, electrical power-line installers and repairers sits 105 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.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for electrical power-line installers and repairers on its $92,470 median: $73,883 retained after tax becomes $72,637 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $92,220 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $139,750 |
| This salary | $92,470 |
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 | $73,883 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,883 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,394 |
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 | $92,470 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,688 |
| 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 power-line installers and repairers in Alaska earn under $92,470 and half over. The published range runs $52,040 at the tenth percentile to $139,750 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $73,883 take-home in Alaska comes from $92,470. 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 105 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $72,637 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 105.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical power-line installers and repairers in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $52,040 to $139,750; 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.
- Retained pay of $73,883, from $92,470, 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 105 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $72,637, worked from $92,470, 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 105 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 $52,040 and the top tenth $139,750 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $72,637 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $73,883 survives, because Alaska levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($52,040) and the ninetieth ($139,750) 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 $72,637 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 $73,883 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.