Forest and Conservation Technicians in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,781
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$11,379
16.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,823
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
$68,160
Kept after tax
$56,781
Worth in national money
$55,823
State rank
2
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $68,160, which ranks 2 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 24.93% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 218.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $68,160 the take-home is $56,781, which is worth about $55,823 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $71,560, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Alaska ranks 2 of 45 states publishing a median for forest and conservation technicians, at $68,160 — about 24.93% 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.
- In Alaska's occupational distribution, forest and conservation technicians sits at 218 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 forest and conservation technicians on its $68,160 median: $56,781 retained after tax becomes $55,823 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $71,560 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Forest and Conservation Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $68,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,820 |
| This salary | $68,160 |
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 | $56,781 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,781 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,608 |
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 | $68,160 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,361 |
| 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 $68,160. The published range is $50,290 up to $97,820, 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 $56,781, worked from $68,160. 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 218 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $55,823, the adjusted value of that $68,160 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 218 of 430 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for forest and conservation technicians in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,290 to $97,820. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Alaska take-home of $56,781, on $68,160 for work ranking 218 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 218 of 430 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $55,823 — the adjusted value of that $68,160 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 218 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 $71,560, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $50,290 at the bottom tenth to $97,820 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $55,823 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $56,781 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $71,560. 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 ($50,290 to $97,820) 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 $55,823 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 $56,781 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.