Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,138
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$10,282
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,242
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
$63,420
Kept after tax
$53,138
Worth in national money
$52,242
State rank
2
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Alaska pays this job a middle wage of $63,420, ranking 2 of 47 states and sitting about 23.55% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 231.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $63,420, take-home of $53,138 is worth roughly $52,242 in national money. The average lands at $62,740, below the middle of the range.
- Alaska's median for structural metal fabricators and fitters is $63,420, about 23.55% above the national figure and 2 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Alaska's occupational distribution, structural metal fabricators and fitters sits at 231 of 430 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for structural metal fabricators and fitters, whose median is $63,420, the adjusted figure of $52,242 differs little from $53,138 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $62,740 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,190 |
| This salary | $63,420 |
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 | $53,138 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,138 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,441 |
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 | $63,420 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,952 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $63,420 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $51,020 and the ninetieth is $81,190 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $53,138, from $63,420, 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 231 of 430 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $52,242, the adjusted value of that $63,420 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Alaska. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 231 of 430 locally.
- The Alaska median of $63,420 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $51,020 to $81,190. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Alaska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $53,138 from $63,420. 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 231 of 430 locally.
- This $52,242 adjusted figure, worked from $63,420, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 231 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 231 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $51,020 at the bottom tenth to $81,190 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 $52,242 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $53,138 survives, because Alaska levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($51,020 to $81,190) 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 $52,242 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 $53,138 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.