Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,848
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$12,672
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,839
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
$72,520
Kept after tax
$59,848
Worth in national money
$58,839
State rank
3
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $72,520, putting the state 3 of 49 — about 26.01% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 199.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $72,520, take-home of $59,848 is worth roughly $58,839 in national money. The average comes to $75,680, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For motorboat mechanics and service technicians, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $72,520, ranking 3 of 49 and running about 26.01% 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, motorboat mechanics and service technicians sits at 199 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 motorboat mechanics and service technicians, whose median is $72,520, the adjusted figure of $58,839 differs little from $59,848 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $75,680 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $72,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,070 |
| This salary | $72,520 |
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 | $59,848 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,848 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,749 |
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 | $72,520 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,797 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of motorboat mechanics and service technicians in Alaska earn under $72,520 and half over. The published range runs $55,950 at the tenth percentile to $102,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alaska's $59,848, worked from $72,520. 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 199 of 430.
- Two cautions on $58,839, the adjusted value of that $72,520 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 199 of 430 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for motorboat mechanics and service technicians in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $55,950 to $102,070; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Alaska take-home of $59,848, on $72,520 for work ranking 199 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 199 of 430 in the state.
- This $58,839 adjusted figure, worked from $72,520, 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 199 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 199 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 $75,680, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $55,950 at the tenth percentile, $102,070 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 $58,839 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $59,848 survives, because Alaska levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 49 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 $75,680. 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 ($55,950 to $102,070) 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 $58,839 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 $59,848 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.