Fairbanks-College, AK Salaries
Largest OEWS employment footprints with published wages - BLS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Fairbanks-College, AK moved from $58,820 in May 2024 to $61,810 in May 2025 (+5.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Fairbanks-College, AK sits +2.0 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 21820 · Fairbanks-College, AK $69K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-HIGH #56/528
- RPP-MID 103.2
- OCC-MID 205 occs
- TOP-LEAD Pharmacists · $173K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE +2.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Fort Collins-Lov…
- BOOK-MOST 203 rows · May 2025
Read with Fort Collins-Loveland, CO ($21 on published-row mean) · Fastest-growing occupations
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 Fairbanks-College, AK
Largest published OEWS footprints in Fairbanks-College, AK
General and Operations Managers and Civil Engineers lead published employment inside Fairbanks-College, AK's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 630 jobs · $114,990
- 2. Civil Engineers 240 jobs · $111,080
- 3. Financial Managers 190 jobs · $122,260
- 4. Construction Managers 180 jobs · $137,470
- 5. Managers, All Other 180 jobs · $129,270
- 6. Medical and Health Services Managers 170 jobs · $131,310
- 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers 110 jobs · $159,570
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 90 jobs · $135,980
- 9. Lawyers 90 jobs · $129,660
- 10. Nurse Practitioners 80 jobs · $144,300
- 11. Physician Assistants 70 jobs · $164,910
- 12. Dental Hygienists 70 jobs · $131,860
- 13. Facilities Managers 70 jobs · $123,240
- 14. Natural Sciences Managers 70 jobs · $115,410
- 15. Pharmacists 50 jobs · $173,340
- 16. Chief Executives 50 jobs · $150,930
- 17. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 50 jobs · $137,880
- 18. Massage Therapists 50 jobs · $130,590
Occupations Tracked
205
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$68,814
employment-weighted, 203 complete rows
Top Salary
$173,340
Pharmacists
Cost of Living
103.2
3% above US avg
Top-pay occupations in Fairbanks-College, AK, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General and Operations Managers | $114,990 |
| 2 | Civil Engineers | $111,080 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $122,260 |
| 4 | Construction Managers | $137,470 |
| 5 | Managers, All Other | $129,270 |
| 6 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $131,310 |
| 7 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $159,570 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $135,980 |
| 9 | Lawyers | $129,660 |
| 10 | Nurse Practitioners | $144,300 |
| 11 | Physician Assistants | $164,910 |
| 12 | Dental Hygienists | $131,860 |
| 13 | Facilities Managers | $123,240 |
| 14 | Natural Sciences Managers | $115,410 |
| 15 | Pharmacists | $173,340 |
| 16 | Chief Executives | $150,930 |
| 17 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $137,880 |
| 18 | Massage Therapists | $130,590 |
| 19 | Mechanical Engineers | $122,760 |
| 20 | Human Resources Managers | $116,060 |
| 21 | Physical Therapists | $113,570 |
| 22 | Environmental Engineers | $109,410 |
| 23 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $133,220 |
| 24 | Information Security Analysts | $114,990 |
| 25 | Electrical Engineers | $111,090 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Fairbanks-College, AK
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $26,530 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $27,740 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $30,170 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $31,020 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $31,090 |
| Bartenders | $31,840 |
| Dishwashers | $32,900 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $34,530 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $36,610 |
| Childcare Workers | $36,750 |
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 ($68,814 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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