Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,420
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$20,500
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,098
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
$98,920
Kept after tax
$78,420
Worth in national money
$77,098
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $98,920, putting the state 7 of 51 — about 23.48% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 430 occupations Alaska reports, this job comes in at 82 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $98,920, tax leaves $78,420, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $77,098 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $96,670.
- For radiologic technologists and technicians, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $98,920, ranking 7 of 51 and running about 23.48% 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.
- Radiologic technologists and technicians ranks 82 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.
- Because Alaska sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for radiologic technologists and technicians — median $98,920 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $78,420 retained, $77,098 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $96,670 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $74,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,860 |
| This salary | $98,920 |
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 | $78,420 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,420 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,602 |
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 | $98,920 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,975 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $98,920 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $74,210 and the ninetieth is $126,860 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alaska's $78,420, worked from $98,920. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 82 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $77,098, the adjusted value of that $98,920 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 82 of 430 in the state.
- The Alaska median of $98,920 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $74,210 to $126,860. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Alaska take-home of $78,420, on $98,920 for work ranking 82 of 430 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 82 of 430 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $77,098 — the adjusted value of that $98,920 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 82 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $74,210 at the bottom tenth to $126,860 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $77,098 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $78,420 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($74,210 to $126,860) 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 $77,098 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 $78,420 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.