First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,499
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$11,261
16.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,547
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
$67,760
Kept after tax
$56,499
Worth in national money
$55,547
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $67,760, which ranks 7 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 15.97% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 219 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $67,760, take-home of $56,499 is worth roughly $55,547 in national money. The average comes to $70,520, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska ranks 7 of 51 states publishing a median for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers, at $67,760 — about 15.97% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 219 of 430 in Alaska places first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 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.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers, whose median is $67,760, the adjusted figure of $55,547 differs little from $56,499 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $70,520 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $96,480 |
| This salary | $67,760 |
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 | $56,499 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,499 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,595 |
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 | $67,760 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,295 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in Alaska earn under $67,760 and half over. The published range runs $48,980 at the tenth percentile to $96,480 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $56,499 take-home in Alaska comes from $67,760. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 219 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $55,547, the adjusted value of that $67,760 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 219 of 430 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,980 to $96,480; 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.
- Retained pay of $56,499, from $67,760, assumes a single Alaska filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 219 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $55,547 — the adjusted value of that $67,760 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 219 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 $70,520, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $48,980 and the top tenth $96,480, so most people doing this work in Alaska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $55,547 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $56,499 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 $70,520. 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 ($48,980 to $96,480) 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 $55,547 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 $56,499 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.