Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,722
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$8,468
15.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,951
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
$54,190
Kept after tax
$45,722
Worth in national money
$44,951
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $54,190, putting the state 6 of 51 — about 16.74% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 297.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $54,190, tax leaves $45,722, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $44,951 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $55,310, since top earners drag the number up.
- For industrial truck and tractor operators, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $54,190, ranking 6 of 51 and running about 16.74% 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.
- In Alaska's occupational distribution, industrial truck and tractor operators sits at 297 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.
- Because Alaska sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for industrial truck and tractor operators — median $54,190 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $45,722 retained, $44,951 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $55,310 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,720 |
| This salary | $54,190 |
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 | $45,722 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,722 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,100 |
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 | $54,190 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,540 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $54,190 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,650 and the ninetieth is $72,720 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $45,722, from $54,190, 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 297 of 430 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $44,951, the adjusted value of that $54,190 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 297 of 430 locally.
- The Alaska median of $54,190 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,650 to $72,720. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Alaska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $45,722 from $54,190. 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 297 of 430 locally.
- This $44,951 adjusted figure, worked from $54,190, 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 297 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 297 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,650 at the bottom tenth to $72,720 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $44,951 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $45,722 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,650 to $72,720) 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 $44,951 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 $45,722 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.