Teachers and Instructors, All Other in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,296
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$13,704
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,246
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
$76,000
Kept after tax
$62,296
Worth in national money
$61,246
State rank
14
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for teachers and instructors, all other is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $76,000, putting the state 14 of 50 — about 14.91% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 430 occupations Alaska reports figures for, this is number 186.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $76,000 the take-home is $62,296, which is worth about $61,246 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $81,230, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For teachers and instructors, all other, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $76,000, ranking 14 of 50 and running about 14.91% 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.
- In Alaska's occupational distribution, teachers and instructors, all other sits at 186 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.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for teachers and instructors, all other on its $76,000 median: $62,296 retained after tax becomes $61,246 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $81,230 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Teachers and Instructors, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $116,760 |
| This salary | $76,000 |
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 | $62,296 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,296 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,861 |
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 | $76,000 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,952 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Alaska earn less than $76,000. The published range is $46,980 up to $116,760, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Alaska the take-home figure of $62,296, from $76,000, 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 186 of 430 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $61,246 uses one figure for the whole of Alaska. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 430 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 186.
- Reported values are medians; for teachers and instructors, all other in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,980 to $116,760. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Alaska is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $62,296 from $76,000. 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 186 of 430 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $61,246, worked from $76,000, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Alaska address, on work sitting at 186 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $81,230 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $46,980 at the bottom tenth to $116,760 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $61,246 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $62,296 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $81,230. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($46,980) and the ninetieth ($116,760) 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 $61,246 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 $62,296 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.