Surveying and Mapping Technicians in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,978
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$13,992
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,917
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
$76,970
Kept after tax
$62,978
Worth in national money
$61,917
State rank
2
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for surveying and mapping technicians is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $76,970, putting the state 2 of 50 — about 41.91% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Alaska, this sits in the middle: 178 of 430 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $76,970, take-home of $62,978 is worth roughly $61,917 in national money. The average comes to $78,990, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For surveying and mapping technicians, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $76,970, ranking 2 of 50 and running about 41.91% 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.
- Surveying and mapping technicians ranks 178 of 430 occupations in Alaska by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for surveying and mapping technicians, whose median is $76,970, the adjusted figure of $61,917 differs little from $62,978 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $78,990 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Surveying and Mapping Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,550 |
| This salary | $76,970 |
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 | $62,978 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,978 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,893 |
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 | $76,970 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,996 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $76,970 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $59,800 and the ninetieth is $103,550 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Alaska's $62,978, worked from $76,970. 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 178 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $61,917, the adjusted value of that $76,970 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 178 of 430 in the state.
- The Alaska median of $76,970 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $59,800 to $103,550. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Alaska take-home of $62,978, on $76,970 for work ranking 178 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 178 of 430 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $61,917 — the adjusted value of that $76,970 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 178 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $59,800 at the bottom tenth to $103,550 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 $61,917 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $62,978 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($59,800 to $103,550) 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 $61,917 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 $62,978 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.