Surgical Technologists in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,377
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$15,003
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,275
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
$80,380
Kept after tax
$65,377
Worth in national money
$64,275
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for surgical technologists is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $80,380, putting the state 5 of 51 — about 24.33% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Surgical technologists ranks 147 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $80,380, take-home of $65,377 is worth roughly $64,275 in national money. The average lands at $79,670, below the middle of the range.
- For surgical technologists, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $80,380, ranking 5 of 51 and running about 24.33% 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.
- Position 147 of 430 in Alaska places surgical technologists 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 surgical technologists, whose median is $80,380, the adjusted figure of $64,275 differs little from $65,377 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $79,670 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Surgical Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,060 |
| This salary | $80,380 |
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 | $65,377 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,377 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,003 |
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 | $80,380 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,148 |
| 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 surgical technologists in Alaska earn under $80,380 and half over. The published range runs $54,840 at the tenth percentile to $101,060 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $65,377 take-home in Alaska comes from $80,380. 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 147 of 430.
- Two cautions on $64,275, the adjusted value of that $80,380 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 147 of 430 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for surgical technologists in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $54,840 to $101,060; 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 $65,377, from $80,380, 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 147 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 51 for it.
- This $64,275 adjusted figure, worked from $80,380, 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 147 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 147 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $54,840 at the tenth percentile, $101,060 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $64,275 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $65,377 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($54,840 to $101,060) 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 $64,275 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 $65,377 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.