Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,567
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$12,133
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,580
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
$70,700
Kept after tax
$58,567
Worth in national money
$57,580
State rank
5
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $70,700, putting the state 5 of 50 — about 13.52% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 209 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $70,700 the take-home is $58,567, which is worth about $57,580 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $74,160, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For life, physical, and social science technicians, all other, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $70,700, ranking 5 of 50 and running about 13.52% 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.
- Position 209 of 430 in Alaska places life, physical, and social science technicians, all other in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for life, physical, and social science technicians, all other on its $70,700 median: $58,567 retained after tax becomes $57,580 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $74,160 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,530 |
| This salary | $70,700 |
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 | $58,567 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,567 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,690 |
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 | $70,700 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,716 |
| 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 $70,700. The published range is $50,840 up to $100,530, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $58,567, from $70,700, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 209 of 430 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $57,580 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 209.
- Reported values are medians; for life, physical, and social science technicians, all other in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,840 to $100,530. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Alaska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $58,567 from $70,700. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 209 of 430 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $57,580, worked from $70,700, 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 209 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 $74,160, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $50,840 at the bottom tenth to $100,530 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $57,580 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $58,567 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $74,160. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,840 to $100,530) 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 $57,580 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 $58,567 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.