First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,850
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$20,260
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,538
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
$98,110
Kept after tax
$77,850
Worth in national money
$76,538
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $98,110, putting the state 1 of 51 — about 22.85% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Alaska this is well-paid work. Of 430 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 86 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $98,110, take-home of $77,850 is worth roughly $76,538 in national money. The average comes to $98,880, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $98,110, ranking 1 of 51 and running about 22.85% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Alaska publishes a median for, first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers sits 86 of 430 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers, whose median is $98,110, the adjusted figure of $76,538 differs little from $77,850 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $98,880 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $137,900 |
| This salary | $98,110 |
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 | $77,850 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,850 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,576 |
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 | $98,110 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,939 |
| 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 $98,110. The published range is $60,300 up to $137,900, 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 $77,850, worked from $98,110. 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 86 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $76,538 uses one figure for the whole of Alaska. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 430 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 86.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $60,300 to $137,900. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Alaska take-home of $77,850, on $98,110 for work ranking 86 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 86 of 430 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $76,538, worked from $98,110, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Alaska address, on work sitting at 86 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $60,300 and the top tenth $137,900 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $76,538 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $77,850 survives, because Alaska levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($60,300) and the ninetieth ($137,900) 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 $76,538 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 $77,850 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.