General and Operations Managers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,879
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$25,751
22.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,347
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
$116,630
Kept after tax
$90,879
Worth in national money
$89,347
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $116,630, putting the state 16 of 51 — about 10.27% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 430 occupations Alaska reports, this job comes in at 36 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $116,630 the take-home is $90,879, which is worth about $89,347 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $134,410, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For general and operations managers, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $116,630, ranking 16 of 51 and running about 10.27% 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.
- General and operations managers ranks 36 of 430 occupations by median in Alaska, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for general and operations managers on its $116,630 median: $90,879 retained after tax becomes $89,347 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $134,410 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: General and Operations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $116,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $219,350 |
| This salary | $116,630 |
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 | $90,879 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $90,879 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,174 |
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 | $116,630 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,766 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of general and operations managers in Alaska earn under $116,630 and half over. The published range runs $63,320 at the tenth percentile to $219,350 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alaska's $90,879, worked from $116,630. 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 36 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $89,347 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 36.
- Figures are distribution medians for general and operations managers in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $63,320 to $219,350; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Alaska take-home of $90,879, on $116,630 for work ranking 36 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 36 of 430 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $89,347, worked from $116,630, 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 36 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 $134,410, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $63,320 at the bottom tenth to $219,350 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $89,347 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $90,879 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?
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 $134,410. 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 ($63,320) and the ninetieth ($219,350) 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 $89,347 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 $90,879 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.