Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,937
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$4,853
13.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,416
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
$35,790
Kept after tax
$30,937
Worth in national money
$30,416
State rank
39
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Alaska pays this job a middle wage of $35,790, 39 of 45 states and about 16.59% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Alaska this is lower-paid work. Of 430 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 416. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $35,790, take-home of $30,937 is worth roughly $30,416 in national money. The average lands at $35,740, below the middle of the range.
- Alaska's $35,790 median for teaching assistants, postsecondary places it 39 of 45 states, about 16.59% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Alaska reports, teaching assistants, postsecondary ranks 416 of 430, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for teaching assistants, postsecondary, whose median is $35,790, the adjusted figure of $30,416 differs little from $30,937 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $35,740 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $40,360 |
| This salary | $35,790 |
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 | $30,937 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,937 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,421 |
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 | $35,790 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,719 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $35,790 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,550 and the ninetieth is $40,360 — 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 $30,937, worked from $35,790. 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 416 of 430.
- Two cautions on $30,416, the adjusted value of that $35,790 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 416 of 430 locally.
- The Alaska median of $35,790 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,550 to $40,360. 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 $30,937, on $35,790 for work ranking 416 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 416 of 430 in the state.
- This $30,416 adjusted figure, worked from $35,790, 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 416 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 416 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,550 at the tenth percentile, $40,360 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 $30,416 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $30,937 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 45 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 ($31,550 to $40,360) 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 $30,416 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 $30,937 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.