Roofers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,789
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$10,961
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,848
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
$66,750
Kept after tax
$55,789
Worth in national money
$54,848
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for roofers. The middle earner takes $66,750, which ranks 5 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 20.4% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Roofers ranks 221 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $66,750, tax leaves $55,789, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $54,848 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $68,450, since top earners drag the number up.
- Alaska ranks 5 of 51 states publishing a median for roofers, at $66,750 — about 20.4% 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.
- Position 221 of 430 in Alaska places roofers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Because Alaska sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for roofers — median $66,750 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $55,789 retained, $54,848 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $68,450 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Roofers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $92,450 |
| This salary | $66,750 |
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 | $55,789 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,789 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,562 |
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 | $66,750 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,130 |
| 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 $66,750. The published range is $48,630 up to $92,450, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $55,789, from $66,750, 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 221 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 $54,848 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 221.
- Reported values are medians; for roofers in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,630 to $92,450. 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 $55,789 from $66,750. 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 221 of 430 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $54,848, worked from $66,750, 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 221 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $48,630 at the bottom tenth to $92,450 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 $54,848 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $55,789 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?
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,630 to $92,450) 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 $54,848 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 $55,789 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.