Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,499
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$7,191
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,816
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
$47,690
Kept after tax
$40,499
Worth in national money
$39,816
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Alaska pays landscaping and groundskeeping workers a middle wage of $47,690, ranking 3 of 51 states and sitting about 21.81% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Alaska, this one sits low: 338 of 430 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $47,690 the take-home is $40,499, which is worth about $39,816 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $47,280, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Alaska's median for landscaping and groundskeeping workers is $47,690, about 21.81% above the national figure and 3 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Landscaping and groundskeeping workers occupies position 338 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 landscaping and groundskeeping workers on its $47,690 median: $40,499 retained after tax becomes $39,816 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $47,280 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,800 |
| This salary | $47,690 |
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 | $40,499 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,499 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,860 |
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 | $47,690 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,250 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,690 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,550 and the ninetieth is $62,800 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alaska's $40,499, worked from $47,690. 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 338 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,816 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 338.
- The Alaska median of $47,690 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,550 to $62,800. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Alaska take-home of $40,499, on $47,690 for work ranking 338 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 338 of 430 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,816, worked from $47,690, 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 338 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $33,550 at the tenth percentile, $62,800 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 $39,816 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $40,499 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.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,550 to $62,800) 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 $39,816 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 $40,499 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.