Alaska · BLS May 2025

Executive Assistant Salary in Alaska

Also called executive secretary. SOC 43-6011.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 1,320 executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants working in Alaska. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.

Median pay · Alaska

$66,210A year, or $31.83 an hour.
Take-home a month$4,615After federal and FICA tax at 16.4%
Worth at national prices$64,684Prices here sit at 102.4 against 100
Against the nation13.6% belowNational median $76,590
What executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants earn in Alaska, May 2025
PercentileAnnualHourly
10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid$50,290$24.18
25th percentile$56,490$27.16
MedianHalf earn more, half less$66,210$31.83
75th percentile$79,500$38.22
90th percentileMost experienced and senior$92,610$44.53
MeanThe average, pulled up by the top$69,690$33.51
How we got this
  1. Median wage in AlaskaBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants earned more than this, half less.$66,210
  2. Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$31.83
  3. Take-home after federal and FICA tax$4,615 a month at an effective rate of 16.4%.$55,380 a year
  4. Worth at national average pricesPrices in Alaska sit at 102.4 against a national 100 (BEA, 2024).$64,684
  5. Against the national medianThe national median is $76,590.13.6% below
  6. Jobs countedA concentration of 1.37 against the nation's 1.00.1,320
What we assumed
  • Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
  • OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
  • Take-home assumes one 2026 filer, filing single, taking the standard deduction, with no dependents, pre-tax retirement contributions or local income tax.
  • Regional price parities compare price levels between places in one year. They are not inflation, and they do not adjust for what a household actually buys.
Technical details

Method occupation-wage-v1Data bls-oews-2025-05-v1, us-tax-2026-v1, bea-rpp-2024-v1, census-acs5-2024-v1

What lands in the bank

A $66,210 salary in Alaska, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.

  • Federal income tax. $5,765 a year.
  • State income tax. Alaska levies no state income tax on wages.
  • Social Security and Medicare. $5,065 a year.
  • Left over. $55,380 a year, $4,615 a month, an effective rate of 16.4%.

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What $66,210 is worth in Alaska

Prices in Alaska sit at 102.4 against a national average of 100, so $66,210 earned here buys what $64,684 buys at national average prices.

  • Rents. 93.8 against 100, the component that moves most between states.
  • Against local households. The median household in Alaska takes in $92,788, so this occupation's median is 0.71 times that, on one income.
  • How common the job is here. 37% more concentrated in Alaska than in the country as a whole.

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Common questions

Executive Assistant pay in Alaska, answered

How much does an executive assistant make in Alaska?

The median wage for executive assistants in Alaska is $66,210 a year, or $31.83 an hour.

Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.

What is the take-home pay for an executive assistant in Alaska?

On the median wage of $66,210, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $55,380 a year, or roughly $4,615 a month.

That is after federal and FICA tax, an effective rate of 16.4%.

Alaska levies no state income tax on wages, so nothing is withheld for it.

Do executive assistants earn more in Alaska than in the rest of the country?

No. The median in Alaska is 13.6% below the national median of $76,590.

Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Alaska sit at 102.4 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.

Is $66,210 a good salary in Alaska?

It is 0.71 times the median household income of $92,788. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.

Prices in Alaska run at 102.4 against a national average of 100, with rents at 93.8, so $66,210 here buys about what $64,684 buys at national average prices.

What do the highest-paid executive assistants earn in Alaska?

The top tenth earn $92,610 a year or more, against $50,290 at the bottom tenth.

Experience, specialism, employer and the part of Alaska someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.

How many executive assistants are there in Alaska?

The survey counted 1,320 of these jobs in Alaska for May 2025.

That makes the occupation 37% more concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.

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