Fence Erectors in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,086
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$10,514
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,174
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
$64,600
Kept after tax
$54,086
Worth in national money
$53,174
State rank
1
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for fence erectors is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $64,600, putting the state 1 of 45 — about 34.64% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 225.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $64,600, tax leaves $54,086, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $53,174 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $64,000.
- For fence erectors, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $64,600, ranking 1 of 45 and running about 34.64% 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.
- In Alaska's occupational distribution, fence erectors sits at 225 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.
- Because Alaska sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for fence erectors — median $64,600 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $54,086 retained, $53,174 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $64,000 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Fence Erectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,310 |
| This salary | $64,600 |
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 | $54,086 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,086 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,484 |
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 | $64,600 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,005 |
| 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 $64,600. The published range is $46,400 up to $81,310, 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 $54,086, worked from $64,600. 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 225 of 430.
- Two cautions on $53,174, the adjusted value of that $64,600 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 225 of 430 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for fence erectors in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,400 to $81,310. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Alaska take-home of $54,086, on $64,600 for work ranking 225 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 225 of 430 in the state.
- This $53,174 adjusted figure, worked from $64,600, 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 225 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 225 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,400 at the tenth percentile, $81,310 at the ninetieth.
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 $53,174 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $54,086 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 45 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 ($46,400 to $81,310) 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 $53,174 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 $54,086 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.