First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,561
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$17,609
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,355
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
$89,170
Kept after tax
$71,561
Worth in national money
$70,355
State rank
5
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Alaska pays this job a middle wage of $89,170, ranking 5 of 50 states and sitting about 16.71% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 113.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $89,170, tax leaves $71,561, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $70,355 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $90,080, since top earners drag the number up.
- Alaska's median for first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other is $89,170, about 16.71% above the national figure and 5 of 50 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, first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other sits at 113 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 first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other — median $89,170 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $71,561 retained, $70,355 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $90,080 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $89,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $107,970 |
| This salary | $89,170 |
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 | $71,561 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $71,561 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,287 |
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 | $89,170 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,540 |
| 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 $89,170. The published range is $62,230 up to $107,970, 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 $71,561, worked from $89,170. 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 113 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $70,355 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 113.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $62,230 to $107,970. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Alaska take-home of $71,561, on $89,170 for work ranking 113 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 113 of 430 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $70,355, worked from $89,170, 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 113 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $62,230 at the tenth percentile, $107,970 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Alaska run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $70,355 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $71,561 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 50 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 ($62,230 to $107,970) 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 $70,355 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 $71,561 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.