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title: "Average Salary in Alaska"
description: "Mean $74,720, median $61,000 in Alaska (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/alaska"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
---

# Average salary in Alaska

Mean annual wage $74,720, median $61,000 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $59,590 (rank 3 of 51 by that measure; rank 4 nominal).

| Percentile | Alaska | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $34,930 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $43,470 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $61,000 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $92,910 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $128,720 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 102.4 |
| Housing (rents) | 93.8 |
| Goods | 106.3 |
| Utilities | 119.0 |
| Other services | 102.2 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Management | $120,240 | 26,530 |
| Legal | $106,550 | 2,220 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $106,340 | 6,490 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $105,600 | 21,500 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $91,700 | 5,500 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $86,380 | 6,930 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $83,210 | 14,790 |
| Construction and Extraction | $75,620 | 21,690 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $75,080 | 19,680 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $74,780 | 19,280 |
| Protective Service | $69,100 | 8,510 |
| Community and Social Service | $62,960 | 7,410 |
| Production | $54,720 | 9,270 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $53,790 | 3,200 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $52,530 | 39,660 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $51,480 | 340 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $50,150 | 30,520 |
| Healthcare Support | $45,310 | 13,790 |
| Personal Care and Service | $41,390 | 8,470 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $40,510 | 9,660 |
| Sales | $39,060 | 22,530 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $35,600 | 27,600 |

## Most common jobs

- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 7,890 workers
- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 7,510 workers
- [Stocker and Order Filler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler): 6,770 workers
- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager): 6,020 workers
- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 5,900 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 5,810 workers
- [First-Line Supervisor of Office and Administrative Support Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-office-and-administrative-support-workers): 5,690 workers
- [Secretary and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/secretary-and-administrative-assistant): 5,390 workers
- [Janitor and Cleaner, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners](https://nuecareer.com/careers/janitor-and-cleaner): 5,200 workers
- [Maintenance and Repair Worker, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/maintenance-and-repair-worker-general): 4,590 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $323,490 median
- [Airline Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/airline-pilot): $232,140 median
- [Pharmacist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pharmacist): $167,310 median
- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive): $166,710 median
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $164,260 median
- [Nurse Practitioner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-practitioner): $155,170 median
- [Physician Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/physician-assistant): $150,700 median
- [Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lawyer): $149,940 median
- [Construction Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/construction-manager): $139,190 median
- [Massage Therapist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/massage-therapist): $134,930 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Service Unit Operator, Oil and Gas](https://nuecareer.com/careers/service-unit-operator-oil-and-gas): 12.03x the national share
- [Commercial Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/commercial-pilot): 10.07x the national share
- [Airline Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/airline-pilot): 6.21x the national share
- [Aircraft Mechanic](https://nuecareer.com/careers/aircraft-mechanic): 5.07x the national share
- [Career/Technical Education Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/career-technical-education-teacher-postsecondary): 4.70x the national share
- [Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agent and Travel Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/reservation-and-transportation-ticket-agent-and-travel-clerk): 4.02x the national share
- [Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanic, Except Engines](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mobile-heavy-equipment-mechanic): 3.86x the national share
- [Operating Engineer and Other Construction Equipment Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/operating-engineer-and-other-construction-equipment-operator): 3.05x the national share
- [Medical Records Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/medical-records-specialist): 2.64x the national share
- [Civil Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/civil-engineer): 2.17x the national share

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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