Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers in Alaska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,045
after federal, FICA and Alaska tax
Tax takes
$4,635
13.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,539
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
$34,680
Kept after tax
$30,045
Worth in national money
$29,539
State rank
9
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Alaska is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $34,680, which ranks 9 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 5.38% above the national middle.
- Within Alaska this is lower-paid work. Of 430 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 419. 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 $34,680, take-home of $30,045 is worth roughly $29,539 in national money. The average comes to $35,140, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Alaska ranks 9 of 50 states publishing a median for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers, at $34,680 — about 5.38% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Against every occupation Alaska reports, ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers ranks 419 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 ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers, whose median is $34,680, the adjusted figure of $29,539 differs little from $30,045 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $35,140 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,420 |
| This salary | $34,680 |
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 | $30,045 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,045 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,380 |
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 | $34,680 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,669 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 102 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $34,680 as a midpoint for Alaska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $28,040 and the ninetieth is $49,420 — 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 $30,045, worked from $34,680. 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 419 of 430.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $29,539 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 419.
- The Alaska median of $34,680 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $28,040 to $49,420. 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 $30,045, on $34,680 for work ranking 419 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 419 of 430 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $29,539, worked from $34,680, 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 419 of 430 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $28,040 at the tenth percentile, $49,420 at the ninetieth.
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 $29,539 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $30,045 of this wage reaches your account, because Alaska takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,040 to $49,420) 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 $29,539 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 $30,045 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.