Insurance Underwriters in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,250
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$15,370
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,133
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
$81,620
Kept after tax
$66,250
Worth in national money
$65,133
State rank
20
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Alaska pays insurance underwriters around $81,620 at the midpoint, 20 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 138.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $81,620, take-home of $66,250 is worth roughly $65,133 in national money. The average lands at $76,560, below the middle of the range.
- For insurance underwriters the Alaska median is $81,620, ranking 20 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Alaska's occupational distribution, insurance underwriters sits at 138 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.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for insurance underwriters, whose median is $81,620, the adjusted figure of $65,133 differs little from $66,250 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $76,560 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Insurance Underwriters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,990 |
| This salary | $81,620 |
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 | $66,250 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,250 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,043 |
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 | $81,620 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,203 |
| 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 $81,620. The published range is $47,120 up to $106,990, 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 $66,250, worked from $81,620. 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 138 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $65,133, the adjusted value of that $81,620 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 138 of 430 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for insurance underwriters in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,120 to $106,990. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Alaska take-home of $66,250, on $81,620 for work ranking 138 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 138 of 430 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $65,133 — the adjusted value of that $81,620 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 138 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $76,560, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $47,120, the highest tenth $106,990, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $65,133 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $66,250 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 $76,560. 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 ($47,120) and the ninetieth ($106,990) 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 $65,133 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 $66,250 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.