Public Relations Managers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$93,897
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$27,023
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$92,314
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
$120,920
Kept after tax
$93,897
Worth in national money
$92,314
State rank
25
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Alaska pays public relations managers around $120,920 at the midpoint, 25 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Alaska this is well-paid work. Of 430 occupations with published figures in the state, public relations managers ranks 33 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $120,920, take-home of $93,897 is worth roughly $92,314 in national money. The average comes to $129,370, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For public relations managers the Alaska median is $120,920, ranking 25 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Alaska publishes a median for, public relations managers sits 33 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 public relations managers, whose median is $120,920, the adjusted figure of $92,314 differs little from $93,897 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $129,370 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Public Relations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $73,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $120,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $193,980 |
| This salary | $120,920 |
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 | $93,897 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,897 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,313 |
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 | $120,920 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,957 |
| 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 $120,920. The published range is $73,550 up to $193,980, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $93,897, from $120,920, 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 33 of 430 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $92,314, the adjusted value of that $120,920 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Alaska. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 33 of 430 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for public relations managers in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $73,550 to $193,980. 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 $93,897 from $120,920. 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 33 of 430 locally.
- This $92,314 adjusted figure, worked from $120,920, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 33 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 33 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 $129,370, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $73,550 and the top tenth $193,980 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $92,314 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $93,897 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $129,370. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($73,550) and the ninetieth ($193,980) 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 $92,314 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 $93,897 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.