Office Clerks, General in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,874
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$8,016
15.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,134
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
$51,890
Kept after tax
$43,874
Worth in national money
$43,134
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Alaska pays office clerks, general a middle wage of $51,890, ranking 3 of 51 states and sitting about 15.29% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Office clerks, general ranks 313 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $51,890, tax leaves $43,874, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $43,134 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $53,410, since top earners drag the number up.
- Alaska's median for office clerks, general is $51,890, about 15.29% above the national figure and 3 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.
- Position 313 of 430 in Alaska places office clerks, general in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Because Alaska sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for office clerks, general — median $51,890 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $43,874 retained, $43,134 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $53,410 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Office Clerks, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,800 |
| This salary | $51,890 |
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 | $43,874 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,874 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,015 |
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 | $51,890 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,437 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $51,890 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,320 and the ninetieth is $72,800 — 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 $43,874, worked from $51,890. 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 313 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,134, the adjusted value of that $51,890 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 313 of 430 in the state.
- The Alaska median of $51,890 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,320 to $72,800. 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 $43,874, on $51,890 for work ranking 313 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 313 of 430 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $43,134 — the adjusted value of that $51,890 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 313 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,320 and the top tenth $72,800, so most people doing this work in Alaska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $43,134 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $43,874 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,320 to $72,800) 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 $43,134 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 $43,874 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.