File Clerks in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,283
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$7,627
15.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,570
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
$49,910
Kept after tax
$42,283
Worth in national money
$41,570
State rank
4
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Alaska pays file clerks a middle wage of $49,910, ranking 4 of 49 states and sitting about 14.47% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 321.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $49,910, tax leaves $42,283, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $41,570 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $50,840, since top earners drag the number up.
- Alaska's median for file clerks is $49,910, about 14.47% above the national figure and 4 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Alaska's occupational distribution, file clerks sits at 321 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 file clerks — median $49,910 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $42,283 retained, $41,570 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $50,840 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: File Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $65,030 |
| This salary | $49,910 |
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 | $42,283 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,283 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,942 |
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 | $49,910 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,349 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,910 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,370 and the ninetieth is $65,030 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alaska's $42,283, worked from $49,910. 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 321 of 430.
- Two cautions on $41,570, the adjusted value of that $49,910 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 321 of 430 locally.
- The Alaska median of $49,910 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,370 to $65,030. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Alaska take-home of $42,283, on $49,910 for work ranking 321 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 321 of 430 in the state.
- This $41,570 adjusted figure, worked from $49,910, 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 321 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 321 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,370 at the bottom tenth to $65,030 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 $41,570 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $42,283 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,370 to $65,030) 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 $41,570 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 $42,283 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.