Alaska Salary Calculator 2026

Name: Alaska trade wage benchmarks (BLS OEWS May 2025 release)
Creator: GlobalCybers
License: https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/

Convert hourly ↔ annual salary and benchmark your pay against Alaska-adjusted BLS medians for 20+ trade roles. Alaska is pre-selected; includes overtime.

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Hourly ↔ Annual Reference Table

Hourly Rate	Annual (2,080 hrs)	Monthly	Weekly
$15.00/hr	$31,200	$2,600	$600
$20.00/hr	$41,600	$3,467	$800
$25.00/hr	$52,000	$4,333	$1,000
$30.00/hr	$62,400	$5,200	$1,200
$35.00/hr	$72,800	$6,067	$1,400
$40.00/hr	$83,200	$6,933	$1,600
$45.00/hr	$93,600	$7,800	$1,800
$50.00/hr	$104,000	$8,667	$2,000
$60.00/hr	$124,800	$10,400	$2,400
$75.00/hr	$156,000	$13,000	$3,000
$100.00/hr	$208,000	$17,333	$4,000
$125.00/hr	$260,000	$21,667	$5,000

Salary Calculator FAQ

How do you convert hourly rate to annual salary?

Multiply your hourly rate by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks) for a standard full-time annual salary. Example: $30/hr × 2,080 = $62,400/yr. For overtime weeks, use: (40 hrs × rate) + (OT hrs × rate × 1.5) × number of weeks.

How many working hours are in a year?

Standard full-time: 2,080 hours (40 × 52). Minus 10 federal holidays (80 hrs): 2,000 paid hours. Minus 2 weeks vacation (80 hrs): 1,920 hours actually worked. BLS uses 2,080 for hourly-to-annual conversions. Turnaround and shutdown workers can exceed 3,000 hours/yr with heavy overtime.

What is time-and-a-half overtime?

Under the FLSA, non-exempt employees must receive 1.5× their regular rate for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. Example: $30/hr base · regular week = $1,200 (40 hrs) · one 10-hr OT week = $1,200 + ($30 × 1.5 × 10) = $1,200 + $450 = $1,650. Double time (2×) is not federally required but common in petrochemical and union contracts.

Alaska Salaries

How Alaska salaries compare to the national market

Alaska trade wages run about 5% above the national median (BLS OEWS May 2025), and this calculator applies a 1.05 Alaska wage index to national medians. Wages carry a remoteness premium: North Slope oilfield rotations, military construction at Fort Wainwright and JBER, port and fisheries infrastructure, and the simple cost of moving crews and materials all push scale above the Lower 48. Alaska levies no personal income tax, so take-home on a Alaska offer runs ahead of the same gross salary in a taxing state.

Simplified outline of Alaska — a stylised shape, not to scale.

1.05× national BLS median

Alaska wage index

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State income tax

Alaska trade salaries at a glance (2026 BLS)

Alaska-adjusted BLS OEWS medians for common skilled trades (national median localised with the 1.05 Alaska wage index). Enter your own pay in the calculator above to benchmark against any role.

Trade	Alaska median / yr	National median	Alaska / hr
Electrician	$66,350	$63,190	$31.90
Plumber	$66,990	$63,800	$32.21
HVAC Technician	$64,060	$61,010	$30.80
Pipefitter	$66,990	$63,800	$32.21
Ironworker	$65,920	$62,780	$31.69
Carpenter	$63,610	$60,580	$30.58

Trade pay by Alaska metro

Local BLS medians vs the Alaska state average.

Metro	Median	vs state
North Slope / Prudhoe Bay	$76,300	1.15× state
Fairbanks	$68,340	1.03× state
Juneau	$67,010	1.01× state
Anchorage	$66,350	1.0× state

Why are Alaska trade wages higher than the national median?

Because almost everything about the work costs more. Crews on the North Slope and in bush communities are flown in and housed, the construction season is compressed, and specialised cold-weather experience is scarce. That premium, roughly 5% above national on the state average and far more on remote rotations, offsets an equally high cost of living for food, fuel and housing.

How accurate is the Alaska benchmark in this calculator?

The calculator applies a Alaska wage index (1.05×) to national BLS OEWS medians, a reference estimate, not a quote. North Slope / Prudhoe Bay scale runs above the state figure while rural markets run below it. For exact BLS state and metro medians with percentiles, use the Alaska salary guide.

Does a Alaska salary go as far as the number suggests?

Frequently, yes. Alaska takes nothing out of a paycheck at the state level, so a $65,000 offer here nets roughly what a $69,000 to $71,000 offer nets in a state withholding 5% to 6%. Run both figures through the Alaska paycheck calculator before comparing offers on gross alone.

What is the median trade salary in Alaska?

It varies by role: the Alaska electrician median is about $66,350, plumbers $66,990, HVAC technicians $64,060, and pipefitters $66,990 (BLS OEWS May 2025, Alaska-adjusted). Enter your own pay in the calculator to see your percentile against any role.

How is the Alaska wage index applied?

National BLS OEWS medians are multiplied by a 1.05 Alaska factor to localise them, reflecting that Alaska gross pay runs about 5% above the national average. Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. It is a reference estimate, not an employer offer.

Which Alaska metros pay trades the most?

North Slope and remote rotational work pays the most by a wide margin, often 15% or more above the Anchorage rate once camp and travel terms are counted. Fairbanks runs above Anchorage on military construction, Juneau is close to parity, and Anchorage itself is the baseline because it is the only market with real contractor competition.

Do Alaska trade wages include overtime?

The benchmark medians are base pay. Alaska is one of a small group of states with daily overtime: 1.5x is owed after 8 hours in a day as well as after 40 in a week, which materially raises pay on 10- and 12-hour rotational schedules. This calculator lets you add overtime hours at 1.5x (or 2x) to model total annual pay.

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Sources & methodology

Salary figures are U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (May 2025) national medians localised with a 1.05 Alaska wage index; hourly rates assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Primary sources: BLS OEWS · Alaska Department of Revenue · Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Reviewed 2026-07-25 by the GlobalCybers Data Desk · reference estimates, not an offer of pay. Full methodology →

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