Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,843
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$8,987
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,036
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
$56,830
Kept after tax
$47,843
Worth in national money
$47,036
State rank
50
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Alaska. The middle earner gets $56,830. That is 50 of 51 states, and about 21.16% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Alaska, this sits in the middle: 276 of 430 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $56,830, take-home of $47,843 is worth roughly $47,036 in national money. The average comes to $67,500, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products, Alaska sits in the lower band at $56,830, ranking 50 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 21.16%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products ranks 276 of 430 occupations in Alaska by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products, whose median is $56,830, the adjusted figure of $47,036 differs little from $47,843 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $67,500 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,500 |
| This salary | $56,830 |
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 | $47,843 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,843 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,198 |
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 | $56,830 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,658 |
| 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 sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products in Alaska earn under $56,830 and half over. The published range runs $41,600 at the tenth percentile to $100,500 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $47,843 take-home in Alaska comes from $56,830. 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 276 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $47,036 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 276.
- Figures are distribution medians for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $41,600 to $100,500; 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 $47,843, from $56,830, 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 276 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 50 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $47,036, worked from $56,830, 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 276 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 $67,500, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $41,600, the highest tenth $100,500, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Alaska run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $47,036 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $47,843 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.
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 $67,500. 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 ($41,600) and the ninetieth ($100,500) 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 $47,036 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 $47,843 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.