Anchorage, AK Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Anchorage, AK - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Anchorage, AK moved from $59,060 in May 2024 to $60,200 in May 2025 (+1.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Anchorage, AK sits -1.2 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Anchorage, AK
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $26,080 here versus $35,230 nationally (-26.0%; 2,340metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $115,290 locally versus $97,550 nationally (+18.2%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$26,080 in Anchorage, AK sits 26.0% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,340 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$115,290 in Anchorage, AK sits 18.2% above the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (4,990 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$120,030 in Anchorage, AK sits 13.5% above the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,290 published local jobs).
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$44,510 in Anchorage, AK sits 10.6% above the national Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 (2,620 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Anchorage, AK; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 11260 · Anchorage, AK $74K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-ELEV · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #23/528
- RPP-ELEV 105.4
- OCC-MOST 423 occs
- TOP-LEAD Emergency Medi… · $472K
- EMP-MIX Airline Pilo…
- TREND-INLINE -1.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Minneapolis-St.…
- BOOK-FULL 411 rows · May 2025
Read with Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (+$219 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Anchorage, AK
Employment scale inside Anchorage, AK's top-pay list
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers and Construction Managers lead published employment inside Anchorage, AK's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 1,270 jobs · $232,240
- 2. Construction Managers 900 jobs · $137,980
- 3. Lawyers 780 jobs · $153,590
- 4. Architectural and Engineering Managers 590 jobs · $161,800
- 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 550 jobs · $137,990
- 6. Physician Assistants 460 jobs · $152,710
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 410 jobs · $157,430
- 8. Pharmacists 360 jobs · $162,980
- 9. Chief Executives 290 jobs · $183,110
- 10. Air Traffic Controllers 280 jobs · $160,970
- 11. Family Medicine Physicians 250 jobs · $299,340
- 12. Petroleum Engineers 200 jobs · $212,240
- 13. Dentists, General 180 jobs · $228,030
- 14. Physicians, All Other 170 jobs · $353,870
- 15. Industrial Engineers 110 jobs · $171,910
- 16. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 110 jobs · $161,100
- 17. Engineers, All Other 90 jobs · $145,500
- 18. General Internal Medicine Physicians 80 jobs · $366,650
Occupations Tracked
423
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$74,014
employment-weighted, 411 complete rows
Top Salary
$472,140
Emergency Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
105.4
5% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Anchorage, AK
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $472,140 |
| 2 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $366,650 |
| 3 | Neurologists | $354,760 |
| 4 | Physicians, All Other | $353,870 |
| 5 | Psychiatrists | $342,170 |
| 6 | Family Medicine Physicians | $299,340 |
| 7 | Pediatricians, General | $251,830 |
| 8 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $232,240 |
| 9 | Dentists, General | $228,030 |
| 10 | Petroleum Engineers | $212,240 |
| 11 | Chief Executives | $183,110 |
| 12 | Industrial Engineers | $171,910 |
| 13 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $168,440 |
| 14 | Optometrists | $167,000 |
| 15 | Pharmacists | $162,980 |
| 16 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $161,800 |
| 17 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $161,100 |
| 18 | Air Traffic Controllers | $160,970 |
| 19 | Nurse Practitioners | $157,430 |
| 20 | Lawyers | $153,590 |
| 21 | Physician Assistants | $152,710 |
| 22 | Engineers, All Other | $145,500 |
| 23 | Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers | $141,080 |
| 24 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $137,990 |
| 25 | Construction Managers | $137,980 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Anchorage, AK
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $25,600 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $26,080 |
| Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants | $26,270 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $27,040 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $30,140 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $30,690 |
| Bartenders | $31,200 |
| Dishwashers | $31,940 |
| Baggage Porters and Bellhops | $32,150 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $32,150 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in AK
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside AK. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($74,014 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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