Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,730
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$5,780
14.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,144
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
$40,510
Kept after tax
$34,730
Worth in national money
$34,144
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 $40,510, putting the state 6 of 51 — about 9.96% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Alaska this is lower-paid work. Of 430 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 387. 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 $40,510, take-home of $34,730 is worth roughly $34,144 in national money. The average comes to $41,700, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $40,510, ranking 6 of 51 and running about 9.96% 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.
- Against every occupation Alaska reports, janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ranks 387 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 janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners, whose median is $40,510, the adjusted figure of $34,144 differs little from $34,730 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $41,700 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,480 |
| This salary | $40,510 |
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 | $34,730 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,730 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,595 |
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 | $40,510 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,929 |
| 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 $40,510. The published range is $28,380 up to $53,480, 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 $34,730, worked from $40,510. 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 387 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $34,144 uses one figure for the whole of Alaska. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 430 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 387.
- Reported values are medians; for janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,380 to $53,480. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Alaska take-home of $34,730, on $40,510 for work ranking 387 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 387 of 430 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $34,144, worked from $40,510, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Alaska address, on work sitting at 387 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $28,380 at the bottom tenth to $53,480 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Alaska costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $34,144 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $34,730 survives, because Alaska levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 ($28,380 to $53,480) 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 $34,144 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 $34,730 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.