Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,380
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$10,830
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,446
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
$66,210
Kept after tax
$55,380
Worth in national money
$54,446
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Alaska is 30 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $66,210. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 224.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $66,210, take-home of $55,380 is worth roughly $54,446 in national money. The average comes to $69,690, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska ranks 30 of 51 for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants at $66,210. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Alaska's occupational distribution, executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants sits at 224 of 430 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants, whose median is $66,210, the adjusted figure of $54,446 differs little from $55,380 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $69,690 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $92,610 |
| This salary | $66,210 |
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 | $55,380 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,380 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,544 |
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 | $66,210 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,076 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $66,210 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,290 and the ninetieth is $92,610 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $55,380, from $66,210, 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 224 of 430 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $54,446, the adjusted value of that $66,210 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 224 of 430 in the state.
- The Alaska median of $66,210 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,290 to $92,610. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Alaska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $55,380 from $66,210. 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 224 of 430 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $54,446 — the adjusted value of that $66,210 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 224 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $69,690, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $50,290 at the tenth percentile, $92,610 at the ninetieth.
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 $54,446 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $55,380 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 $69,690. 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 ($50,290 to $92,610) 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 $54,446 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 $55,380 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.