Industrial Machinery Mechanics in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,274
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$14,116
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,207
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
$77,390
Kept after tax
$63,274
Worth in national money
$62,207
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $77,390, which ranks 4 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 19.95% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 172.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $77,390 the take-home is $63,274, which is worth about $62,207 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $80,250, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Alaska ranks 4 of 51 states publishing a median for industrial machinery mechanics, at $77,390 — about 19.95% 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, industrial machinery mechanics sits at 172 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 industrial machinery mechanics on its $77,390 median: $63,274 retained after tax becomes $62,207 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $80,250 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $109,160 |
| This salary | $77,390 |
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 | $63,274 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,274 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,906 |
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 | $77,390 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,015 |
| 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 $77,390. The published range is $47,360 up to $109,160, 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 $63,274, worked from $77,390. 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 172 of 430.
- Two cautions on $62,207, the adjusted value of that $77,390 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 172 of 430 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for industrial machinery mechanics in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,360 to $109,160. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Alaska take-home of $63,274, on $77,390 for work ranking 172 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 172 of 430 in the state.
- This $62,207 adjusted figure, worked from $77,390, 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 172 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 172 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $80,250 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $47,360, the highest tenth $109,160, 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 $62,207 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $63,274 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 $80,250. 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 ($47,360) and the ninetieth ($109,160) 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 $62,207 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 $63,274 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.