Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,586
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$8,924
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,783
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
$56,510
Kept after tax
$47,586
Worth in national money
$46,783
State rank
5
of 51 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 $56,510, ranking 5 of 51 states and sitting about 11.66% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 281 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $56,510, take-home of $47,586 is worth roughly $46,783 in national money. The average comes to $58,730, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska's median for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping is $56,510, about 11.66% above the national figure and 5 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 281 of 430 in Alaska places human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping, whose median is $56,510, the adjusted figure of $46,783 differs little from $47,586 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $58,730 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,030 |
| This salary | $56,510 |
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 | $47,586 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,586 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,186 |
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 | $56,510 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,643 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $56,510 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,190 and the ninetieth is $75,030 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $47,586 take-home in Alaska comes from $56,510. 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 281 of 430.
- Two cautions on $46,783, the adjusted value of that $56,510 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Alaska. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 281 of 430 locally.
- The Alaska median of $56,510 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,190 to $75,030. 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 $47,586, from $56,510, 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 281 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 51 for it.
- This $46,783 adjusted figure, worked from $56,510, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 281 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 281 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $58,730, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $46,190 and the top tenth $75,030, so most people doing this work in Alaska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $46,783 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $47,586 survives, because Alaska levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 $58,730. 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 ($46,190 to $75,030) 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 $46,783 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 $47,586 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.