Occupational Health and Safety Specialists in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,666
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$20,604
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,340
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
$99,270
Kept after tax
$78,666
Worth in national money
$77,340
State rank
8
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 $99,270, ranking 8 of 51 states and sitting about 10.12% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 430 occupations Alaska reports, this job comes in at 80 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $99,270, take-home of $78,666 is worth roughly $77,340 in national money. The average comes to $102,330, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska's median for occupational health and safety specialists is $99,270, about 10.12% above the national figure and 8 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.
- Occupational health and safety specialists ranks 80 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.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for occupational health and safety specialists, whose median is $99,270, the adjusted figure of $77,340 differs little from $78,666 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $102,330 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $141,950 |
| This salary | $99,270 |
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 | $78,666 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,666 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,613 |
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 | $99,270 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,991 |
| 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 occupational health and safety specialists in Alaska earn under $99,270 and half over. The published range runs $55,440 at the tenth percentile to $141,950 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $78,666, from $99,270, 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 80 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 $77,340 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 80.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational health and safety specialists in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $55,440 to $141,950; 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.
- Take-home for Alaska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $78,666 from $99,270. 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 80 of 430 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $77,340, worked from $99,270, 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 80 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 $102,330, 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 $55,440 at the bottom tenth to $141,950 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 $77,340 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $78,666 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $102,330. 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 ($55,440) and the ninetieth ($141,950) 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 $77,340 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 $78,666 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.