Occupational Therapists in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,769
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$21,911
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,390
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
$103,680
Kept after tax
$81,769
Worth in national money
$80,390
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for occupational therapists. The middle earner takes $103,680, which ranks 12 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 3.34% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Alaska. It ranks 62 out of 430 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $103,680, take-home of $81,769 is worth roughly $80,390 in national money. The average comes to $108,000, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska ranks 12 of 51 states publishing a median for occupational therapists, at $103,680 — about 3.34% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Alaska, occupational therapists ranks 62 of 430 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for occupational therapists, whose median is $103,680, the adjusted figure of $80,390 differs little from $81,769 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $108,000 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $82,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,860 |
| This salary | $103,680 |
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 | $81,769 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,769 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,756 |
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 | $103,680 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,188 |
| 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 therapists in Alaska earn under $103,680 and half over. The published range runs $82,320 at the tenth percentile to $133,860 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $81,769, from $103,680, 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 62 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 $80,390 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 62.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational therapists in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $82,320 to $133,860; 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 $81,769 from $103,680. 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 62 of 430 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $80,390, worked from $103,680, 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 62 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $108,000 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $82,320 at the tenth percentile, $133,860 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Alaska costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $80,390 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $81,769 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.
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 $108,000. 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 ($82,320 to $133,860) 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 $80,390 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 $81,769 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.