Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,654
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$9,186
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,834
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
$57,840
Kept after tax
$48,654
Worth in national money
$47,834
State rank
4
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $57,840, which ranks 4 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 26.65% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 268.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $57,840, take-home of $48,654 is worth roughly $47,834 in national money. The average comes to $60,840, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska ranks 4 of 49 states publishing a median for office and administrative support workers, all other, at $57,840 — about 26.65% 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.
- In Alaska's occupational distribution, office and administrative support workers, all other sits at 268 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 office and administrative support workers, all other, whose median is $57,840, the adjusted figure of $47,834 differs little from $48,654 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $60,840 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,970 |
| This salary | $57,840 |
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 | $48,654 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,654 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,235 |
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 | $57,840 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,703 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $57,840 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $44,840 and the ninetieth is $80,970 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alaska's $48,654, worked from $57,840. 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 268 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $47,834 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 268.
- The Alaska median of $57,840 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $44,840 to $80,970. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Alaska take-home of $48,654, on $57,840 for work ranking 268 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 268 of 430 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $47,834, worked from $57,840, 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 268 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 $60,840, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $44,840 and the top tenth $80,970, so most people doing this work in Alaska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $47,834 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $48,654 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $60,840. 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 ($44,840 to $80,970) 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 $47,834 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 $48,654 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.