Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,347
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$21,733
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,975
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
$103,080
Kept after tax
$81,347
Worth in national money
$79,975
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $103,080, ranking 27 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Alaska this is well-paid work. Of 430 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 66 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $103,080 the take-home is $81,347, which is worth about $79,975 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $114,410, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Alaska occupies the middle band for transportation, storage, and distribution managers: a median of $103,080, ranking 27 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Alaska publishes a median for, transportation, storage, and distribution managers sits 66 of 430 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Alaska's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for transportation, storage, and distribution managers on its $103,080 median: $81,347 retained after tax becomes $79,975 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $114,410 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $157,100 |
| This salary | $103,080 |
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 | $81,347 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,347 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,736 |
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 | $103,080 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,161 |
| 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 $103,080. The published range is $76,310 up to $157,100, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $81,347 take-home in Alaska comes from $103,080. 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 66 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $79,975 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 66.
- Reported values are medians; for transportation, storage, and distribution managers in Alaska the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $76,310 to $157,100. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $81,347, from $103,080, 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 66 of 430 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $79,975, worked from $103,080, 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 66 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $114,410, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $76,310 and the top tenth $157,100 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $79,975 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $81,347 survives, because Alaska levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $114,410. 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 ($76,310) and the ninetieth ($157,100) 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 $79,975 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 $81,347 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.