Physicians, All Other in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$249,697
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$105,403
29.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$245,487
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
$355,100
Kept after tax
$249,697
Worth in national money
$245,487
State rank
8
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Alaska pays physicians, all other a middle wage of $355,100, ranking 8 of 50 states and sitting about 33.53% above the national middle.
- Within Alaska this is well-paid work. Of 430 occupations with published figures in the state, physicians, all other ranks 1 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $355,100, take-home of $249,697 is worth roughly $245,487 in national money. The average lands at $353,510, below the middle of the range.
- Alaska's median for physicians, all other is $355,100, about 33.53% above the national figure and 8 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Alaska publishes a median for, physicians, all other sits 1 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.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for physicians, all other, whose median is $355,100, the adjusted figure of $245,487 differs little from $249,697 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $353,510 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Physicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $203,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $355,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $524,990 |
| This salary | $355,100 |
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 | $249,697 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $249,697 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,469 |
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 | $355,100 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,789 |
| 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 $355,100. The published range is $203,020 up to $524,990, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $249,697, from $355,100, 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 1 of 430 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $245,487 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 1.
- Reported values are medians; for physicians, all other in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $203,020 to $524,990. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Alaska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $249,697 from $355,100. 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 1 of 430 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $245,487, worked from $355,100, 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 1 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $203,020 at the bottom tenth to $524,990 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $245,487 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $249,697 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($203,020) and the ninetieth ($524,990) 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 $245,487 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 $249,697 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.