Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,543
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$9,647
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,690
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
$60,190
Kept after tax
$50,543
Worth in national money
$49,690
State rank
1
of 49 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 $60,190, ranking 1 of 49 states and sitting about 25.71% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Alaska, this sits in the middle: 259 of 430 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $60,190, tax leaves $50,543, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $49,690 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $58,930.
- Alaska's median for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics is $60,190, about 25.71% above the national figure and 1 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics ranks 259 of 430 occupations in Alaska by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Because Alaska sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics — median $60,190 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $50,543 retained, $49,690 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $58,930 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,850 |
| This salary | $60,190 |
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 | $50,543 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,543 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,322 |
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 | $60,190 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,808 |
| 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 outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics in Alaska earn under $60,190 and half over. The published range runs $43,370 at the tenth percentile to $70,850 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $50,543, from $60,190, 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 259 of 430 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $49,690, the adjusted value of that $60,190 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 259 of 430 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,370 to $70,850; 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 $50,543 from $60,190. 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 259 of 430 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $49,690 — the adjusted value of that $60,190 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 259 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $43,370 at the tenth percentile, $70,850 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 $49,690 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $50,543 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.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,370 to $70,850) 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 $49,690 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 $50,543 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.