First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,675
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$14,285
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,601
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
$77,960
Kept after tax
$63,675
Worth in national money
$62,601
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $77,960, putting the state 15 of 51 — about 4.71% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 166.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $77,960 the take-home is $63,675, which is worth about $62,601 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $82,100, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of production and operating workers, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $77,960, ranking 15 of 51 and running about 4.71% 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, first-line supervisors of production and operating workers sits at 166 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.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers on its $77,960 median: $63,675 retained after tax becomes $62,601 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $82,100 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $128,010 |
| This salary | $77,960 |
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 | $63,675 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,675 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,925 |
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 | $77,960 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,040 |
| 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 $77,960. The published range is $42,220 up to $128,010, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $63,675 take-home in Alaska comes from $77,960. 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 166 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $62,601, the adjusted value of that $77,960 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 166 of 430 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,220 to $128,010. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $63,675, from $77,960, 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 166 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $62,601 — the adjusted value of that $77,960 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 166 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $82,100, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $42,220 at the bottom tenth to $128,010 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $62,601 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $63,675 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?
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 $82,100. 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 ($42,220) and the ninetieth ($128,010) 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 $62,601 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 $63,675 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.