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title: "Average Salary in Anchorage, AK"
description: "Mean $75,180, median $60,200 in the Anchorage metro area (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices and top jobs."
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last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Anchorage, AK

Anchorage, AK metropolitan statistical area. Mean annual wage $75,180, median $60,200 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025, 177,050 jobs. Median at national-average prices: $57,100.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $34,770 |
| 25th | $42,600 |
| 50th | $60,200 |
| 75th | $93,620 |
| 90th | $129,160 |

| Price level (BEA RPP 2024, US = 100) | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 105.4 |
| Housing (rents) | 109.9 |
| Goods | 107.3 |
| Utilities | 111.8 |
| Other services | 103.3 |

## Highest-paying jobs (mean annual wage)

- [Veterinarian](https://nuecareer.com/careers/veterinarian): $215,070
- [Petroleum Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/petroleum-engineer): $203,240
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $200,870
- [Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lawyer): $174,870
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $173,240
- [Mining and Geological Engineer, Including Mining Safety Engineers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mining-and-geological-engineer): $171,000
- [Industrial Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/industrial-engineer): $169,400
- [Business Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/business-teacher-postsecondary): $165,560
- [Medical and Health Services Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/medical-and-health-services-manager): $163,970
- [Optometrist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/optometrist): $158,180

Occupation pay is the OEWS May 2025 metro mean as published in the DOL OFLC 2026–27 wage file (metro-level estimates only).

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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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