Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,364
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$14,576
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,279
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
$78,940
Kept after tax
$64,364
Worth in national money
$63,279
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Alaska pays this job a middle wage of $78,940, ranking 9 of 51 states and sitting about 22.63% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 160 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $78,940, take-home of $64,364 is worth roughly $63,279 in national money. The average comes to $81,140, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska's median for middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education is $78,940, about 22.63% above the national figure and 9 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.
- Position 160 of 430 in Alaska places middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education 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.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education, whose median is $78,940, the adjusted figure of $63,279 differs little from $64,364 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $81,140 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,110 |
| This salary | $78,940 |
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 | $64,364 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,364 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,956 |
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 | $78,940 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,084 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $78,940 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $62,630 and the ninetieth is $97,110 — 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 $64,364, worked from $78,940. 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 160 of 430.
- Two cautions on $63,279, the adjusted value of that $78,940 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 160 of 430 locally.
- The Alaska median of $78,940 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $62,630 to $97,110. 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 $64,364, on $78,940 for work ranking 160 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 160 of 430 in the state.
- This $63,279 adjusted figure, worked from $78,940, 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 160 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 160 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $62,630 at the bottom tenth to $97,110 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 $63,279 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $64,364 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 ($62,630 to $97,110) 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 $63,279 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 $64,364 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.