Millwrights in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,957
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$13,983
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,896
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
$76,940
Kept after tax
$62,957
Worth in national money
$61,896
State rank
11
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for millwrights is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $76,940, putting the state 11 of 48 — about 17.11% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 180.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $76,940, take-home of $62,957 is worth roughly $61,896 in national money. The average lands at $74,840, below the middle of the range.
- For millwrights, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $76,940, ranking 11 of 48 and running about 17.11% 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.
- In Alaska's occupational distribution, millwrights sits at 180 of 430 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for millwrights, whose median is $76,940, the adjusted figure of $61,896 differs little from $62,957 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $74,840 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Millwrights
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $92,350 |
| This salary | $76,940 |
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 | $62,957 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,957 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,892 |
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 | $76,940 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,994 |
| 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 $76,940. The published range is $54,270 up to $92,350, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $62,957, from $76,940, 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 180 of 430 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $61,896, the adjusted value of that $76,940 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 180 of 430 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for millwrights in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $54,270 to $92,350. 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 $62,957 from $76,940. 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 180 of 430 locally.
- This $61,896 adjusted figure, worked from $76,940, 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 180 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 180 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $54,270 and the top tenth $92,350, so most people doing this work in Alaska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $61,896 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $62,957 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($54,270 to $92,350) 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 $61,896 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 $62,957 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.