Highest Paying Jobs in Alaska

Top 100 occupations ranked by median annual salary — Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025

Highest Salary

$452,620

Emergency Medicine Physicians

Top 25 Average

$237,830

median salary

$100K+ Jobs

100

occupations

Occupations

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This ranking surfaces the 100 highest-paying occupations in Alaska by BLS OEWS state median salary, drawn from the May 2025 release. At the top, Emergency Medicine Physicians pays a state median of $452,620, +35% above the national median of $335,550 for the same role. Of the 100 tracked positions, 100 pay above $100,000 per year in Alaska — a useful threshold for separating specialist professional roles from mid-tier employment. The top-10 average sits at $345,641, giving a sense of what elite specialists inside this state actually clear.

The "Difference" column compares each state median to the corresponding national median for the same SOC code, making pay premiums and discounts immediately visible. In this list, 67 of 100 occupations pay above the national median in Alaska, which usually signals one of three things: a local concentration of specialized employers (finance hubs, tech clusters, research universities, federal agencies), a cost-of-living adjustment baked into state-wide wage scales, or scarce in-state talent supply bidding up competitive roles. Occupations paying below the national median are not necessarily bad news — they often reflect lower cost of living in the state or industries where Alaska is not a concentrated employer.

Rankings like this show ceiling-potential by specialty, but they don't tell you the odds of landing one of those roles. Pair this table with the employment column (how many workers the state actually employs in each occupation) and the growth projections on each occupation's national page to see whether the field is expanding or contracting. BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime — especially distorting for top-paying roles where equity and performance compensation can represent 30-50% of total pay. Use this leaderboard to shortlist careers worth exploring in Alaska, then drill into each row's linked profile to check percentile spread, typical education, metro-level variation, and whether projected openings match your timeline.

#	Occupation	State Median	National	Difference	Employment
1	Emergency Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$452,620	$335,550	+35% above	190
2	Obstetricians and Gynecologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$421,450	$292,910	+44% above	50
3	General Internal Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$366,080	$256,560	+43% above	110
4	Physicians, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$355,100	$265,930	+34% above	270
5	Neurologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$354,760	$248,560	+43% above	100
6	Psychiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$342,170	$281,870	+21% above	50
7	Nurse Anesthetists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$341,210	$236,590	+44% above	90
8	Family Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$323,490	$244,180	+32% above	760
9	Pediatricians, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$267,390	$210,040	+27% above	60
10	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$232,140	$232,140	same as	1,350
11	Dentists, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$230,990	$170,950	+35% above	310
12	Petroleum Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$206,290	$144,910	+42% above	280
13	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Legal Occupations	$183,310	$153,990	+19% above	140
14	Optometrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$170,310	$136,570	+25% above	60
15	Business Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$168,930	$99,080	+70% above	130
16	Pharmacists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$167,310	$140,910	+19% above	560
17	Chief Executives Management Occupations	$166,710	$213,990	22% below	640
18	Architectural and Engineering Managers Management Occupations	$164,260	$171,270	4% below	900
19	Industrial Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$156,510	$102,440	+53% above	220
20	Nurse Practitioners Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$155,170	$132,300	+17% above	710
21	Physician Assistants Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$150,700	$135,880	+11% above	700
22	Lawyers Legal Occupations	$149,940	$159,670	6% below	1,120
23	Engineers, All Other Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$142,390	$122,930	+16% above	200
24	Construction Managers Management Occupations	$139,190	$114,990	+21% above	1,720
25	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Protective Service Occupations	$137,320	$106,040	+29% above	320
26	Massage Therapists Healthcare Support Occupations	$134,930	$58,450	+131% above	570
27	Computer and Information Systems Managers Management Occupations	$133,490	$175,140	24% below	970
28	Nurse Midwives Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$133,430	$134,040	same as	60
29	Dental Hygienists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$132,690	$98,100	+35% above	790
30	Medical and Health Services Managers Management Occupations	$132,240	$123,860	+7% above	1,640
31	Natural Sciences Managers Management Occupations	$130,590	$167,220	22% below	710
32	Human Resources Managers Management Occupations	$129,570	$149,280	13% below	610
33	Managers, All Other Management Occupations	$127,950	$141,900	10% below	1,740
34	Financial Managers Management Occupations	$127,030	$166,570	24% below	2,020
35	Electrical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$125,970	$120,630	+4% above	350
36	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Management Occupations	$125,520	$105,870	+19% above	890
37	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$125,260	$103,020	+22% above	80
38	Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$124,630	$106,220	+17% above	300
39	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers Production Occupations	$124,530	$96,710	+29% above	370
40	Mechanical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$124,340	$104,110	+19% above	380
41	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$124,270	$100,580	+24% above	40
42	Air Traffic Controllers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$123,950	$148,080	16% below	490
43	Materials Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$123,360	$112,860	+9% above	70
44	Transportation Inspectors Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$123,120	$92,100	+34% above	170
45	Compensation and Benefits Managers Management Occupations	$122,490	$149,230	18% below	30
46	Public Relations Managers Management Occupations	$120,920	$146,910	18% below	380
47	Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$120,610	$95,480	+26% above	100
48	Physical Scientists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$120,240	$122,570	2% below	140
49	Computer Network Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$119,720	$134,050	11% below	120
50	General and Operations Managers Management Occupations	$116,630	$105,770	+10% above	6,020
51	Marketing Managers Management Occupations	$116,270	$166,790	30% below	240
52	Physical Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$115,280	$102,760	+12% above	680
53	Information Security Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$114,990	$129,180	11% below	300
54	Detectives and Criminal Investigators Protective Service Occupations	$114,940	$93,790	+23% above	140
55	Civil Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$114,730	$100,840	+14% above	1,670
56	Purchasing Managers Management Occupations	$114,650	$148,080	23% below	140
57	Audiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$114,170	$95,780	+19% above	N/A
58	Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$113,670	$68,990	+65% above	80
59	Facilities Managers Management Occupations	$113,510	$106,660	+6% above	870
60	Industrial Production Managers Management Occupations	$113,280	$126,060	10% below	410
61	Database Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$112,500	$139,500	19% below	70
62	Economists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$111,040	$124,720	11% below	80
63	Environmental Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$110,220	$107,110	+3% above	260
64	Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$110,220	$115,210	4% below	70
65	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$109,600	$109,270	same as	40
66	Registered Nurses Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$109,480	$97,550	+12% above	7,510
67	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$109,450	$74,340	+47% above	30
68	Database Administrators Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$108,810	$104,620	+4% above	90
69	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$108,730	$99,280	+10% above	210
70	Hydrologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$108,660	$96,600	+12% above	60
71	Sociologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$108,170	$106,030	+2% above	40
72	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$107,410	$101,920	+5% above	430
73	Biological Scientists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$106,870	$98,920	+8% above	370
74	Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other Construction and Extraction Occupations	$106,840	$70,130	+52% above	70
75	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$106,810	$130,220	18% below	180
76	Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas Construction and Extraction Occupations	$106,480	$58,160	+83% above	1,090
77	Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$106,440	$77,320	+38% above	60
78	Administrative Services Managers Management Occupations	$106,400	$114,130	7% below	1,020
79	Chemical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$106,080	$125,040	15% below	N/A
80	Chemists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$106,010	$91,240	+16% above	60
81	Computer Occupations, All Other Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$105,960	$116,580	9% below	710
82	Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$105,780	$82,890	+28% above	40
83	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$105,670	$96,590	+9% above	140
84	Training and Development Managers Management Occupations	$105,430	$133,000	21% below	80
85	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$104,930	$103,410	+1% above	260
86	Occupational Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$103,680	$100,330	+3% above	410
87	Mechanical Door Repairers Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$103,550	$55,720	+86% above	N/A
88	Chiropractors Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$103,500	$79,200	+31% above	90
89	Fundraising Managers Management Occupations	$103,090	$125,470	18% below	110
90	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Management Occupations	$103,080	$107,230	4% below	N/A
91	Education Administrators, Postsecondary Management Occupations	$103,080	$104,590	1% below	80
92	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$102,690	$115,160	11% below	110
93	Speech-Language Pathologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$102,670	$97,870	+5% above	340
94	Construction and Building Inspectors Construction and Extraction Occupations	$102,410	$74,690	+37% above	270
95	Financial and Investment Analysts Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$102,240	$102,740	same as	190
96	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Construction and Extraction Occupations	$102,140	$79,920	+28% above	2,690
97	Education Administrators, All Other Management Occupations	$101,970	$95,200	+7% above	360
98	Emergency Management Directors Management Occupations	$101,850	$93,330	+9% above	120
99	Aerospace Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$101,710	$134,960	25% below	100
100	Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$101,700	$99,650	+2% above	40

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About This Data

All salary data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. State-level data reflects wages for workers employed in Alaska. The "Difference" column shows how Alaska pay compares to the national median for that occupation.

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Reviewed byWageDex Editorial, Occupational Wages Editorial Team · June 3, 2026

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