Property Appraisers and Assessors in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,342
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$14,988
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,240
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
$80,330
Kept after tax
$65,342
Worth in national money
$64,240
State rank
9
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $80,330, putting the state 9 of 50 — about 18.2% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 148.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $80,330, take-home of $65,342 is worth roughly $64,240 in national money. The average comes to $82,710, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For property appraisers and assessors, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $80,330, ranking 9 of 50 and running about 18.2% 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.
- In Alaska's occupational distribution, property appraisers and assessors sits at 148 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.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for property appraisers and assessors, whose median is $80,330, the adjusted figure of $64,240 differs little from $65,342 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $82,710 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Property Appraisers and Assessors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $107,570 |
| This salary | $80,330 |
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 | $65,342 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,342 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,001 |
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 | $80,330 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,146 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of property appraisers and assessors in Alaska earn under $80,330 and half over. The published range runs $58,300 at the tenth percentile to $107,570 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $65,342 take-home in Alaska comes from $80,330. 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 148 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $64,240 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 148.
- Figures are distribution medians for property appraisers and assessors in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $58,300 to $107,570; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $65,342, from $80,330, 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 148 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $64,240, worked from $80,330, 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 148 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $58,300 at the bottom tenth to $107,570 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $64,240 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $65,342 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($58,300 to $107,570) 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 $64,240 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 $65,342 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.