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How Alaska compares

Alaska's median household income is $92,788, 13th of 51 states and DC and 15% above the national median of $80,734. Prices for housing and everyday costs also differ by state, and these figures don't adjust for them.

A household needs around $154,661 to be in Alaska's top quarter; nationwide the bar is $141,925. Nationally 13% of households are in the $200,000+ bracket; in Alaska it's 15%.

Comparing the two Census products: $95,665 in the 2024 one-year estimate, $92,788 in the 2020–2024 five-year estimate (+3%).

Income thresholds in Alaska

The share of Alaska households at $200,000 or more is about 15%. By household income, the top 25% start at about $154,661, and the top 10% sit above $200,000. The table marks lines that fall above $200,000 rather than guessing their value: the Census groups everyone above that amount together, so the exact top-5% and top-1% cutoffs can't be read from this data.

If your household earns the US median of $80,734, you'd be about top 56% among Alaska households, below the middle.

The top-quarter line is 1.68 times the state's midpoint income, narrower than the national ratio of 1.77 — a rough gauge of how stretched the upper half of the income distribution is.

Earnings by age

Looking at individual earners rather than households, the Alaska median climbs 49% from the 25–34 group ($47,226) to the 45–54 group ($70,314). Across age groups, Alaska averages +7% against the national medians; the widest gap is at 45–54 ($70,314 versus $60,915 nationally). These figures are personal earnings (wages plus self-employment) from Census microdata, so they're lower than household income, which can combine several earners.

Married vs. single households

If you live alone, the more relevant benchmark is the $59,702 median for single and non-family households, not the $128,954 figure for married couples (2.2× higher).

Highest- and lowest-income counties in Alaska

Aleutians West Census Area ($135,500) and Kusilvak Census Area ($51,471) mark the two ends of a wide county range, 2.6 to 1. The five highest-income counties are Aleutians West Census Area, Anchorage Municipality, Sitka City and Borough, Juneau City and Borough, and North Slope Borough; the five lowest are Kusilvak Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, and Wrangell City and Borough.

16 out of 30 counties top the national median, or 53%. Denali Borough is the median county at $80,781.

About these numbers

The household medians and thresholds use the 2020–2024 ACS five-year estimates; the age table is built from 14,590 Alaska survey records of people 25 and older with earnings.