Physician Assistants in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$114,269
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$36,431
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$112,343
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
$150,700
Kept after tax
$114,269
Worth in national money
$112,343
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for physician assistants is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $150,700, putting the state 8 of 51 — about 10.91% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 430 occupations Alaska reports, physician assistants comes in at 13 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $150,700, take-home of $114,269 is worth roughly $112,343 in national money. The average lands at $148,080, below the middle of the range.
- For physician assistants, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $150,700, ranking 8 of 51 and running about 10.91% 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.
- Physician assistants ranks 13 of 430 occupations by median in Alaska, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for physician assistants, whose median is $150,700, the adjusted figure of $112,343 differs little from $114,269 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $148,080 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Physician Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $106,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $150,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $201,270 |
| This salary | $150,700 |
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 | $114,269 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $114,269 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,249 |
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 | $150,700 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,462 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $150,700 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $106,060 and the ninetieth is $201,270 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $114,269 take-home in Alaska comes from $150,700. 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 13 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $112,343 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 13.
- The Alaska median of $150,700 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $106,060 to $201,270. 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 $114,269, from $150,700, 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 13 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $112,343, worked from $150,700, 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 13 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $106,060 at the tenth percentile, $201,270 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 $112,343 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $114,269 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($106,060 to $201,270) 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 $112,343 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 $114,269 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.