Operations Research Analysts in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,266
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$17,484
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,064
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
$88,750
Kept after tax
$71,266
Worth in national money
$70,064
State rank
26
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Alaska pays operations research analysts around $88,750 at the midpoint, 26 of 47 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Operations research analysts ranks 116 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $88,750, take-home of $71,266 is worth roughly $70,064 in national money. The average comes to $89,070, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For operations research analysts the Alaska median is $88,750, ranking 26 of 47 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 116 of 430 in Alaska places operations research analysts 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.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for operations research analysts, whose median is $88,750, the adjusted figure of $70,064 differs little from $71,266 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $89,070 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Operations Research Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $88,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $128,910 |
| This salary | $88,750 |
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 | $71,266 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $71,266 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,273 |
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 | $88,750 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,522 |
| 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 $88,750. The published range is $50,230 up to $128,910, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $71,266 take-home in Alaska comes from $88,750. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 116 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $70,064 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 116.
- Reported values are medians; for operations research analysts in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,230 to $128,910. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $71,266, from $88,750, assumes a single Alaska filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 116 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $70,064, worked from $88,750, 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 116 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $50,230 at the bottom tenth to $128,910 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $70,064 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $71,266 survives, because Alaska levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($50,230) and the ninetieth ($128,910) 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 $70,064 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 $71,266 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.