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What jobs pay in Alaska

$74,720avg. a year, all jobs
$35.92 an hour · 325,570 employed

Average and median pay for 42 jobs in Alaska, with pay by metro area. All figures are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025.

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Top-paying jobs in Alaska

Average annual pay, May 2025 (jobs on this site)

Average pay by state, all jobs

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Alaska metro areas

Average pay across all jobs in each metro area. Open one to see pay by job.

Anchorage, AK
$75,180
177,050 jobs

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Pay for 42 jobs in Alaska

Sorted by number of jobs. Jobs with too few workers or too little survey data in Alaska aren't listed.

JobAvg. payJobs
Retail Salespersons$39,8907,890
Registered Nurses$114,8707,510
Stockers and Order Fillers$43,1906,770
Home Health and Personal Care Aides$40,4506,530
General and Operations Managers$134,4106,020
Fast Food and Counter Workers$34,5005,900
Cashiers$37,1605,810
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$71,7105,690
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$49,5105,390
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$41,7005,200
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$63,3304,590
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$57,6404,580
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$50,5504,250
Waiters and Waitresses$33,6403,830
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$39,0103,810
Construction Laborers$59,2703,690
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$78,5803,500
Office Clerks, General$53,4103,440
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$69,5203,420
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$82,6803,050
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$59,1903,030
Food Preparation Workers$37,2302,800
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$82,4602,790
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$98,8802,720
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$106,4302,690
Carpenters$80,4602,560
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$48,6502,520
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$39,5902,440
Customer Service Representatives$47,4402,410
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$49,5602,390
Cooks, Restaurant$41,7702,350
Bartenders$36,5602,280
Cooks, Fast Food$34,3202,250
Accountants and Auditors$90,3502,190
Medical Assistants$56,6302,140
Security Guards$54,1402,100
Nursing Assistants$48,9202,060
Financial Managers$139,7402,020
Business Operations Specialists, All Other$98,2202,020
Project Management Specialists$103,8501,950
Electricians$90,0401,870
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$72,3901,830
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.