Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,343
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$7,397
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,646
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
$48,740
Kept after tax
$41,343
Worth in national money
$40,646
State rank
20
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $48,740, ranking 20 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Alaska, this one sits low: 326 of 430 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $48,740 the take-home is $41,343, which is worth about $40,646 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $47,470, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Alaska occupies the middle band for insurance claims and policy processing clerks: a median of $48,740, ranking 20 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Insurance claims and policy processing clerks occupies position 326 of 430 in Alaska's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for insurance claims and policy processing clerks on its $48,740 median: $41,343 retained after tax becomes $40,646 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $47,470 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,870 |
| This salary | $48,740 |
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 | $41,343 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,343 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,899 |
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 | $48,740 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,297 |
| 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 $48,740. The published range is $34,270 up to $59,870, 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 $41,343, worked from $48,740. 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 326 of 430.
- Two cautions on $40,646, the adjusted value of that $48,740 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 326 of 430 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for insurance claims and policy processing clerks in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,270 to $59,870. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Alaska take-home of $41,343, on $48,740 for work ranking 326 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 326 of 430 in the state.
- This $40,646 adjusted figure, worked from $48,740, 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 326 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 326 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,270 at the tenth percentile, $59,870 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 $40,646 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $41,343 survives, because Alaska levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 49 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 ($34,270 to $59,870) 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 $40,646 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 $41,343 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.