Natural Sciences Managers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$100,524
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$30,066
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$98,829
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
$130,590
Kept after tax
$100,524
Worth in national money
$98,829
State rank
25
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska sits in the middle of the pack for natural sciences managers. The median is $130,590, ranking 25 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 430 occupations Alaska reports, natural sciences managers comes in at 22 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $130,590 the take-home is $100,524, which is worth about $98,829 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $131,800, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Alaska occupies the middle band for natural sciences managers: a median of $130,590, ranking 25 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Natural sciences managers ranks 22 of 430 occupations by median in Alaska, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for natural sciences managers on its $130,590 median: $100,524 retained after tax becomes $98,829 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $131,800 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Natural Sciences Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $130,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $177,430 |
| This salary | $130,590 |
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 | $100,524 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $100,524 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,617 |
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 | $130,590 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,565 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $130,590 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $79,040 and the ninetieth is $177,430 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $100,524, from $130,590, 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 22 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 $98,829 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 22.
- The Alaska median of $130,590 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $79,040 to $177,430. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Alaska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $100,524 from $130,590. 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 22 of 430 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $98,829, worked from $130,590, 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 22 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $79,040 at the bottom tenth to $177,430 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $98,829 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $100,524 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($79,040) and the ninetieth ($177,430) 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 $98,829 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 $100,524 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.