Medical Transcriptionists in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,037
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$7,323
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,345
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
$48,360
Kept after tax
$41,037
Worth in national money
$40,345
State rank
4
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for medical transcriptionists. The middle earner takes $48,360, which ranks 4 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 19.67% above the national middle.
- Within Alaska this is lower-paid work. Of 430 occupations the state publishes figures for, medical transcriptionists ranks 331. 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 $48,360, take-home of $41,037 is worth roughly $40,345 in national money. The average lands at $44,090, below the middle of the range.
- Alaska ranks 4 of 50 states publishing a median for medical transcriptionists, at $48,360 — about 19.67% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Against every occupation Alaska reports, medical transcriptionists ranks 331 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 medical transcriptionists, whose median is $48,360, the adjusted figure of $40,345 differs little from $41,037 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $44,090 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Medical Transcriptionists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $54,660 |
| This salary | $48,360 |
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 | $41,037 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,037 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,885 |
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 | $48,360 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,280 |
| 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 $48,360. The published range is $33,400 up to $54,660, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $41,037, from $48,360, 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 331 of 430 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $40,345, the adjusted value of that $48,360 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Alaska. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 331 of 430 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for medical transcriptionists in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $33,400 to $54,660. 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 $41,037 from $48,360. 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 331 of 430 locally.
- This $40,345 adjusted figure, worked from $48,360, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 331 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 331 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $44,090 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $33,400 at the tenth percentile, $54,660 at the ninetieth.
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 $40,345 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $41,037 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $44,090. 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 ($33,400 to $54,660) 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 $40,345 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 $41,037 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.