Information Security Analysts in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$89,725
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$25,265
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$88,213
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
$114,990
Kept after tax
$89,725
Worth in national money
$88,213
State rank
27
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $114,990, ranking 27 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Alaska this is well-paid work. Of 430 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 39 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $114,990 the take-home is $89,725, which is worth about $88,213 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $117,930, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Alaska occupies the middle band for information security analysts: a median of $114,990, ranking 27 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Alaska publishes a median for, information security analysts sits 39 of 430 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for information security analysts on its $114,990 median: $89,725 retained after tax becomes $88,213 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $117,930 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Information Security Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $114,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $149,270 |
| This salary | $114,990 |
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 | $89,725 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $89,725 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,121 |
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 | $114,990 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,693 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of information security analysts in Alaska earn under $114,990 and half over. The published range runs $75,770 at the tenth percentile to $149,270 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alaska's $89,725, worked from $114,990. 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 39 of 430.
- Two cautions on $88,213, the adjusted value of that $114,990 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 39 of 430 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for information security analysts in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $75,770 to $149,270; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Alaska take-home of $89,725, on $114,990 for work ranking 39 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 39 of 430 in the state.
- This $88,213 adjusted figure, worked from $114,990, 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 39 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 39 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $75,770 at the tenth percentile, $149,270 at the ninetieth.
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 $88,213 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $89,725 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($75,770 to $149,270) 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 $88,213 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 $89,725 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.