Human Resources Managers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$99,827
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$29,743
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$98,144
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
$129,570
Kept after tax
$99,827
Worth in national money
$98,144
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska sits in the middle of the pack for human resources managers. The median is $129,570, ranking 34 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Alaska. It ranks 23 out of 430 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $129,570 the take-home is $99,827, which is worth about $98,144 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $133,600, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Alaska occupies the middle band for human resources managers: a median of $129,570, ranking 34 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Alaska, human resources managers ranks 23 of 430 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for human resources managers on its $129,570 median: $99,827 retained after tax becomes $98,144 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $133,600 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Human Resources Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $129,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $196,700 |
| This salary | $129,570 |
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 | $99,827 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $99,827 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,585 |
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 | $129,570 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,519 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $129,570 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $79,020 and the ninetieth is $196,700 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $99,827 take-home in Alaska comes from $129,570. 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 23 of 430.
- Two cautions on $98,144, the adjusted value of that $129,570 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 23 of 430 locally.
- The Alaska median of $129,570 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $79,020 to $196,700. 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 $99,827, from $129,570, 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 23 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 34 of 51 for it.
- This $98,144 adjusted figure, worked from $129,570, 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 23 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 23 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 $133,600, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $79,020, the highest tenth $196,700, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $98,144 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $99,827 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $133,600. 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 ($79,020) and the ninetieth ($196,700) 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 $98,144 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 $99,827 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.