Information and Record Clerks, All Other in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,254
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$7,376
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,559
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
$48,630
Kept after tax
$41,254
Worth in national money
$40,559
State rank
31
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Alaska is 31 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $48,630. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Alaska this is lower-paid work. Of 430 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 327. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $48,630, take-home of $41,254 is worth roughly $40,559 in national money. The average comes to $52,160, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska ranks 31 of 50 for information and record clerks, all other at $48,630. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Alaska reports, information and record clerks, all other ranks 327 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.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for information and record clerks, all other, whose median is $48,630, the adjusted figure of $40,559 differs little from $41,254 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $52,160 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Information and Record Clerks, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,550 |
| This salary | $48,630 |
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 | $41,254 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,254 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,895 |
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 | $48,630 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,292 |
| 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 $48,630. The published range is $41,600 up to $71,550, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $41,254 take-home in Alaska comes from $48,630. 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 327 of 430.
- Two cautions on $40,559, the adjusted value of that $48,630 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 327 of 430 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for information and record clerks, all other in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,600 to $71,550. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $41,254, from $48,630, 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 327 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 50 for it.
- This $40,559 adjusted figure, worked from $48,630, 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 327 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 327 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 $52,160 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $41,600 and the top tenth $71,550, 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 $40,559 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $41,254 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.
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 $52,160. 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 ($41,600 to $71,550) 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 $40,559 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 $41,254 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.