Packers and Packagers, Hand in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,662
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$6,008
14.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,061
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
$41,670
Kept after tax
$35,662
Worth in national money
$35,061
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for packers and packagers, hand. The middle earner takes $41,670, which ranks 3 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 14.86% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Alaska, this one sits low: 382 of 430 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $41,670 the take-home is $35,662, which is worth about $35,061 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $42,420, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Alaska ranks 3 of 51 states publishing a median for packers and packagers, hand, at $41,670 — about 14.86% 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.
- Packers and packagers, hand occupies position 382 of 430 in Alaska's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for packers and packagers, hand on its $41,670 median: $35,662 retained after tax becomes $35,061 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $42,420 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Packers and Packagers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $25,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,440 |
| This salary | $41,670 |
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 | $35,662 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,662 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,638 |
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 | $41,670 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,981 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $41,670 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $25,620 and the ninetieth is $60,440 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $35,662 take-home in Alaska comes from $41,670. 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 382 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $35,061 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 382.
- The Alaska median of $41,670 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $25,620 to $60,440. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $35,662, from $41,670, 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 382 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,061, worked from $41,670, 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 382 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $25,620 and the top tenth $60,440 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $35,061 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $35,662 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($25,620) and the ninetieth ($60,440) 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 $35,061 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 $35,662 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.