Tellers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,760
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$7,010
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,089
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
$46,770
Kept after tax
$39,760
Worth in national money
$39,089
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for tellers is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $46,770, putting the state 5 of 51 — about 8.69% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in Alaska, this one sits low: 346 of 430 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $46,770 the take-home is $39,760, which is worth about $39,089 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $46,970, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For tellers, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $46,770, ranking 5 of 51 and running about 8.69% 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.
- Tellers occupies position 346 of 430 in Alaska's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for tellers on its $46,770 median: $39,760 retained after tax becomes $39,089 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $46,970 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Tellers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,680 |
| This salary | $46,770 |
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 | $39,760 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,760 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,826 |
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 | $46,770 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,209 |
| 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 $46,770. The published range is $42,440 up to $49,680, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,760 take-home in Alaska comes from $46,770. 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 346 of 430.
- One number stands for prices across all of Alaska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,089, the adjusted value of that $46,770 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 346 of 430 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for tellers in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,440 to $49,680. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,760, from $46,770, 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 346 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Alaska, so $39,089 — the adjusted value of that $46,770 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 346 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $42,440 and the top tenth $49,680, so most people doing this work in Alaska sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $39,089 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $39,760 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,440 to $49,680) 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 $39,089 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 $39,760 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.