Pediatricians, General in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$194,599
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$72,791
27.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$191,317
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
$267,390
Kept after tax
$194,599
Worth in national money
$191,317
State rank
6
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for pediatricians, general is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $267,390, putting the state 6 of 49 — about 27.3% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Alaska this is well-paid work. Of 430 occupations with published figures in the state, pediatricians, general ranks 4 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $267,390 the take-home is $194,599, which is worth about $191,317 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $282,020, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For pediatricians, general, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $267,390, ranking 6 of 49 and running about 27.3% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Alaska publishes a median for, pediatricians, general sits 4 of 430 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for pediatricians, general on its $267,390 median: $194,599 retained after tax becomes $191,317 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $282,020 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Pediatricians, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $224,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $267,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $347,880 |
| This salary | $267,390 |
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 | $194,599 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $194,599 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,938 |
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 | $267,390 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,230 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $267,390 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $224,040 and the ninetieth is $347,880 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $194,599 take-home in Alaska comes from $267,390. 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 4 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $191,317, the adjusted value of that $267,390 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 4 of 430 in the state.
- The Alaska median of $267,390 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $224,040 to $347,880. 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 $194,599, from $267,390, 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 4 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $191,317 — the adjusted value of that $267,390 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 4 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $282,020, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $224,040 at the tenth percentile, $347,880 at the ninetieth.
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 $191,317 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $194,599 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.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Alaska is $282,020. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($224,040 to $347,880) 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 $191,317 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 $194,599 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.