Parking Attendants in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,572
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$5,008
13.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,040
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
$36,580
Kept after tax
$31,572
Worth in national money
$31,040
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Alaska pays parking attendants a middle wage of $36,580, ranking 9 of 51 states and sitting about 4.07% above the national middle.
- Against 430 occupations Alaska publishes, parking attendants lands at 411. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $36,580, take-home of $31,572 is worth roughly $31,040 in national money. The average comes to $37,390, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska's median for parking attendants is $36,580, about 4.07% above the national figure and 9 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.
- Within Alaska, this work ranks 411 of 430 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for parking attendants, whose median is $36,580, the adjusted figure of $31,040 differs little from $31,572 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $37,390 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Parking Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,700 |
| This salary | $36,580 |
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 | $31,572 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,572 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,450 |
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 | $36,580 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,754 |
| 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 $36,580. The published range is $30,690 up to $44,700, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $31,572 take-home in Alaska comes from $36,580. 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 411 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $31,040, the adjusted value of that $36,580 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 411 of 430 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for parking attendants in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,690 to $44,700. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $31,572, from $36,580, 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 411 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $31,040 — the adjusted value of that $36,580 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 411 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $30,690 at the bottom tenth to $44,700 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $31,040 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $31,572 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.
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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,690 to $44,700) 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 $31,040 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 $31,572 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.