Procurement Clerks in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,649
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$8,451
15.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,880
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
$54,100
Kept after tax
$45,649
Worth in national money
$44,880
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for procurement clerks. The middle earner takes $54,100, which ranks 10 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 6.96% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 298.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $54,100 the take-home is $45,649, which is worth about $44,880 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $56,890, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Alaska ranks 10 of 51 states publishing a median for procurement clerks, at $54,100 — about 6.96% 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.
- In Alaska's occupational distribution, procurement clerks sits at 298 of 430 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for procurement clerks on its $54,100 median: $45,649 retained after tax becomes $44,880 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $56,890 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Procurement Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,390 |
| This salary | $54,100 |
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 | $45,649 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,649 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,097 |
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 | $54,100 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,536 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $54,100 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $43,260 and the ninetieth is $71,390 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $45,649, from $54,100, 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 298 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 $44,880 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 298.
- The Alaska median of $54,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $43,260 to $71,390. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Alaska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $45,649 from $54,100. 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 298 of 430 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,880, worked from $54,100, 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 298 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $56,890, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $43,260 at the tenth percentile, $71,390 at the ninetieth.
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 $44,880 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $45,649 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?
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.
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 $56,890. 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 ($43,260 to $71,390) 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 $44,880 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 $45,649 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.