Self-Enrichment Teachers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,515
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$7,195
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,832
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
$47,710
Kept after tax
$40,515
Worth in national money
$39,832
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Alaska pays self-enrichment teachers a middle wage of $47,710, ranking 16 of 51 states and sitting about 1.94% above the national middle.
- Within Alaska this is lower-paid work. Of 430 occupations the state publishes figures for, self-enrichment teachers ranks 337. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $47,710, take-home of $40,515 is worth roughly $39,832 in national money. The average comes to $55,300, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska's median for self-enrichment teachers is $47,710, about 1.94% above the national figure and 16 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Against every occupation Alaska reports, self-enrichment teachers ranks 337 of 430, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for self-enrichment teachers, whose median is $47,710, the adjusted figure of $39,832 differs little from $40,515 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $55,300 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Self-Enrichment Teachers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,880 |
| This salary | $47,710 |
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 | $40,515 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,515 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,861 |
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 | $47,710 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,251 |
| 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 self-enrichment teachers in Alaska earn under $47,710 and half over. The published range runs $36,830 at the tenth percentile to $85,880 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $40,515, from $47,710, 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 337 of 430 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,832, the adjusted value of that $47,710 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 337 of 430 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for self-enrichment teachers in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,830 to $85,880; 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.
- Take-home for Alaska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,515 from $47,710. 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 337 of 430 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $39,832 — the adjusted value of that $47,710 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 337 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $55,300, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $36,830 and the top tenth $85,880 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $39,832 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $40,515 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $55,300. 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 ($36,830) and the ninetieth ($85,880) 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 $39,832 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 $40,515 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.