Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,932
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$6,808
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,276
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
$45,740
Kept after tax
$38,932
Worth in national money
$38,276
State rank
5
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $45,740, putting the state 5 of 50 — about 15.42% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Alaska this is lower-paid work. Of 430 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 364. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $45,740 the take-home is $38,932, which is worth about $38,276 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $45,510, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $45,740, ranking 5 of 50 and running about 15.42% 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.
- Against every occupation Alaska reports, helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers ranks 364 of 430, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers on its $45,740 median: $38,932 retained after tax becomes $38,276 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $45,510 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,800 |
| This salary | $45,740 |
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 | $38,932 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,932 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,788 |
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 | $45,740 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,163 |
| 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 helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers in Alaska earn under $45,740 and half over. The published range runs $31,970 at the tenth percentile to $61,800 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $38,932, from $45,740, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 364 of 430 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $38,276 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 364.
- Figures are distribution medians for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,970 to $61,800; 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.
- Take-home for Alaska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,932 from $45,740. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 364 of 430 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,276, worked from $45,740, 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 364 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $31,970 at the bottom tenth to $61,800 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $38,276 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $38,932 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,970 to $61,800) 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 $38,276 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 $38,932 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.