Tire Repairers and Changers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,996
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$6,334
14.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,372
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
$43,330
Kept after tax
$36,996
Worth in national money
$36,372
State rank
13
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for tire repairers and changers is strong here. Alaska's middle earner gets $43,330, putting the state 13 of 50 — about 14.9% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 430 occupations Alaska publishes, tire repairers and changers lands at 379. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Alaska costs about what the country costs, so from $43,330, take-home of $36,996 is worth roughly $36,372 in national money. The average comes to $45,290, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For tire repairers and changers, Alaska sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $43,330, ranking 13 of 50 and running about 14.9% 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.
- Within Alaska, this work ranks 379 of 430 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Alaska is near the national base, so for tire repairers and changers, whose median is $43,330, the adjusted figure of $36,372 differs little from $36,996 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $45,290 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Tire Repairers and Changers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,990 |
| This salary | $43,330 |
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 | $36,996 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,996 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,699 |
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 | $43,330 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,055 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $43,330 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,660 and the ninetieth is $56,990 — 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 $36,996, worked from $43,330. 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 379 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,372 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 379.
- The Alaska median of $43,330 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,660 to $56,990. 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 $36,996, on $43,330 for work ranking 379 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 379 of 430 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,372, worked from $43,330, 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 379 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $45,290, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,660 at the tenth percentile, $56,990 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Alaska run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $36,372 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $36,996 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $45,290. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,660 to $56,990) 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 $36,372 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 $36,996 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.