Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,868
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$9,972
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,994
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
$61,840
Kept after tax
$51,868
Worth in national money
$50,994
State rank
9
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $61,840, putting the state 9 of 50 — about 14.07% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 244 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $61,840, tax leaves $51,868, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $50,994 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $63,160, since top earners drag the number up.
- For eligibility interviewers, government programs, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $61,840, ranking 9 of 50 and running about 14.07% 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.
- Position 244 of 430 in Alaska places eligibility interviewers, government programs 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 eligibility interviewers, government programs — median $61,840 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $51,868 retained, $50,994 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $63,160 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,460 |
| This salary | $61,840 |
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 | $51,868 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,868 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,382 |
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 | $61,840 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,881 |
| 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 eligibility interviewers, government programs in Alaska earn under $61,840 and half over. The published range runs $48,840 at the tenth percentile to $79,460 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $51,868, from $61,840, 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 244 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 $50,994 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 244.
- Figures are distribution medians for eligibility interviewers, government programs in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,840 to $79,460; 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.
- Take-home for Alaska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $51,868 from $61,840. 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 244 of 430 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $50,994, worked from $61,840, 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 244 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $48,840 and the top tenth $79,460, so most people doing this work in Alaska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $50,994 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $51,868 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.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,840 to $79,460) 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 $50,994 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 $51,868 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.