Marketing Managers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,626
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$25,644
22.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,098
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
$116,270
Kept after tax
$90,626
Worth in national money
$89,098
State rank
44
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is among the lower-paying states for marketing managers. The middle earner takes $116,270, ranking 44 of 48 states — about 30.29% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Alaska this is well-paid work. Of 430 occupations with published figures in the state, marketing managers ranks 37 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $116,270, tax leaves $90,626, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $89,098 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $130,600, since top earners drag the number up.
- Alaska ranks 44 of 48 for marketing managers, with a median of $116,270 — about 30.29% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Ranked against every occupation Alaska publishes a median for, marketing managers sits 37 of 430 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Alaska sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for marketing managers — median $116,270 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $90,626 retained, $89,098 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $130,600 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Marketing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $116,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $196,800 |
| This salary | $116,270 |
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 | $90,626 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $90,626 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,163 |
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 | $116,270 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,750 |
| 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 $116,270. The published range is $79,640 up to $196,800, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $90,626, from $116,270, 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 37 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 $89,098 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 37.
- Reported values are medians; for marketing managers in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $79,640 to $196,800. 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 $90,626 from $116,270. 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 37 of 430 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $89,098, worked from $116,270, 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 37 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $130,600, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $79,640 and the top tenth $196,800 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $89,098 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $90,626 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 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 $130,600. 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 ($79,640) and the ninetieth ($196,800) 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 $89,098 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 $90,626 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.