Transportation Security Screeners in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,053
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$12,337
17.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,057
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
$71,390
Kept after tax
$59,053
Worth in national money
$58,057
State rank
9
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Alaska pays this job a middle wage of $71,390, ranking 9 of 45 states and sitting about 6.92% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 203 among 430 occupations Alaska publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $71,390 the take-home is $59,053, which is worth about $58,057 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $71,150, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Alaska's median for transportation security screeners is $71,390, about 6.92% above the national figure and 9 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 203 of 430 in Alaska places transportation security screeners in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for transportation security screeners on its $71,390 median: $59,053 retained after tax becomes $58,057 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $71,150 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Transportation Security Screeners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $71,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $87,510 |
| This salary | $71,390 |
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 | $59,053 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,053 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,712 |
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 | $71,390 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,747 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of transportation security screeners in Alaska earn under $71,390 and half over. The published range runs $54,180 at the tenth percentile to $87,510 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $59,053 take-home in Alaska comes from $71,390. 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 203 of 430.
- Two cautions on $58,057, the adjusted value of that $71,390 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 203 of 430 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for transportation security screeners in Alaska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $54,180 to $87,510; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $59,053, from $71,390, 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 203 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 45 for it.
- This $58,057 adjusted figure, worked from $71,390, 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 203 of 430 in the state. The occupation ranks 203 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $54,180 at the bottom tenth to $87,510 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $58,057 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $59,053 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 ($54,180 to $87,510) 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 $58,057 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 $59,053 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.