Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,085
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$16,565
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,920
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
$85,650
Kept after tax
$69,085
Worth in national money
$67,920
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $85,650, putting the state 7 of 51 — about 6.73% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 123.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $85,650, take-home of $69,085 is worth roughly $67,920 in national money. The average comes to $97,020, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $85,650, ranking 7 of 51 and running about 6.73% 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, nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary sits at 123 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 nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary, whose median is $85,650, the adjusted figure of $67,920 differs little from $69,085 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $97,020 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,090 |
| This salary | $85,650 |
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 | $69,085 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $69,085 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,173 |
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 | $85,650 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,383 |
| 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 $85,650. The published range is $60,530 up to $133,090, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $69,085, from $85,650, 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 123 of 430 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $67,920, the adjusted value of that $85,650 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 123 of 430 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $60,530 to $133,090. 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 $69,085 from $85,650. 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 123 of 430 locally.
- This $67,920 adjusted figure, worked from $85,650, 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 123 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 123 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $97,020, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $60,530 at the bottom tenth to $133,090 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $67,920 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $69,085 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $97,020. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($60,530) and the ninetieth ($133,090) 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 $67,920 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 $69,085 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.