Social and Community Service Managers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,033
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$20,337
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,718
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
$98,370
Kept after tax
$78,033
Worth in national money
$76,718
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $98,370, putting the state 3 of 51 — about 22.37% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Alaska. It ranks 85 out of 430 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $98,370, tax leaves $78,033, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $76,718 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $101,050, since top earners drag the number up.
- For social and community service managers, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $98,370, ranking 3 of 51 and running about 22.37% 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.
- Within Alaska, social and community service managers ranks 85 of 430 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Because Alaska sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for social and community service managers — median $98,370 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $78,033 retained, $76,718 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $101,050 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Social and Community Service Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $137,260 |
| This salary | $98,370 |
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 | $78,033 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,033 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,584 |
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 | $98,370 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,951 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $98,370 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $64,540 and the ninetieth is $137,260 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $78,033 take-home in Alaska comes from $98,370. 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 85 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $76,718, the adjusted value of that $98,370 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 85 of 430 in the state.
- The Alaska median of $98,370 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $64,540 to $137,260. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $78,033, from $98,370, 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 85 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $76,718 — the adjusted value of that $98,370 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 85 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $64,540, the highest tenth $137,260, 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 $76,718 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $78,033 of this wage reaches your account, because Alaska takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($64,540) and the ninetieth ($137,260) 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 $76,718 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 $78,033 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.