Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,558
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$9,162
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,739
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
$57,720
Kept after tax
$48,558
Worth in national money
$47,739
State rank
10
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $57,720, which ranks 10 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 15.72% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 270 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $57,720, take-home of $48,558 is worth roughly $47,739 in national money. The average comes to $61,530, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska ranks 10 of 49 states publishing a median for septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners, at $57,720 — about 15.72% 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 270 of 430 in Alaska places septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners 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.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners, whose median is $57,720, the adjusted figure of $47,739 differs little from $48,558 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $61,530 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,970 |
| This salary | $57,720 |
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 | $48,558 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,558 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,230 |
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 | $57,720 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,697 |
| 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 septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners in Alaska earn under $57,720 and half over. The published range runs $49,740 at the tenth percentile to $75,970 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alaska's $48,558, worked from $57,720. 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 270 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $47,739, the adjusted value of that $57,720 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 270 of 430 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,740 to $75,970; 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.
- The Alaska take-home of $48,558, on $57,720 for work ranking 270 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 270 of 430 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $47,739 — the adjusted value of that $57,720 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 270 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 $61,530, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $49,740 at the tenth percentile, $75,970 at the ninetieth.
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 $47,739 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $48,558 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. 49 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 $61,530. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,740 to $75,970) 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 $47,739 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 $48,558 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.