Financial Managers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$98,091
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$28,939
22.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$96,437
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
$127,030
Kept after tax
$98,091
Worth in national money
$96,437
State rank
46
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Alaska pays financial managers a middle wage of $127,030, 46 of 51 states and about 23.74% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 430 occupations Alaska reports, financial managers comes in at 25 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $127,030, take-home of $98,091 is worth roughly $96,437 in national money. The average comes to $139,740, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska's $127,030 median for financial managers places it 46 of 51 states, about 23.74% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Financial managers ranks 25 of 430 occupations by median in Alaska, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for financial managers, whose median is $127,030, the adjusted figure of $96,437 differs little from $98,091 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $139,740 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $85,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $127,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $205,080 |
| This salary | $127,030 |
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 | $98,091 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $98,091 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,506 |
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 | $127,030 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,372 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $127,030 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $85,440 and the ninetieth is $205,080 — 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 $98,091, worked from $127,030. 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 25 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $96,437, the adjusted value of that $127,030 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 25 of 430 in the state.
- The Alaska median of $127,030 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $85,440 to $205,080. 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 $98,091, on $127,030 for work ranking 25 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 25 of 430 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $96,437 — the adjusted value of that $127,030 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 25 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $139,740, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $85,440 at the bottom tenth to $205,080 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $96,437 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $98,091 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?
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.
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 $139,740. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($85,440) and the ninetieth ($205,080) 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 $96,437 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 $98,091 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.