Floral Designers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,852
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$7,278
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,164
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
$48,130
Kept after tax
$40,852
Worth in national money
$40,164
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for floral designers. The middle earner takes $48,130, which ranks 1 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 28.83% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Alaska, this one sits low: 332 of 430 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $48,130 the take-home is $40,852, which is worth about $40,164 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $46,490, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Alaska ranks 1 of 51 states publishing a median for floral designers, at $48,130 — about 28.83% 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.
- Floral designers occupies position 332 of 430 in Alaska's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for floral designers on its $48,130 median: $40,852 retained after tax becomes $40,164 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $46,490 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Floral Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,170 |
| This salary | $48,130 |
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 | $40,852 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,852 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,876 |
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 | $48,130 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,269 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,130 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,630 and the ninetieth is $53,170 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $40,852 take-home in Alaska comes from $48,130. 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 332 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,164, the adjusted value of that $48,130 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 332 of 430 in the state.
- The Alaska median of $48,130 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,630 to $53,170. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $40,852, from $48,130, 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 332 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $40,164 — the adjusted value of that $48,130 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 332 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 $46,490, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,630 at the tenth percentile, $53,170 at the ninetieth.
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 $40,164 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $40,852 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $46,490. 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 ($38,630 to $53,170) 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 $40,164 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 $40,852 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.