Air Traffic Controllers Salary in Anchorage, AK

Air Traffic Controllers pay range in Anchorage

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $86,570 a year or less, while the top 10% make $213,530 or more. The middle half of air traffic controllers in Anchorage earn between $119,270 and $191,590.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Air Traffic Controllers salary after taxes in Anchorage

On the average salary of $152,540, a single filer in Anchorage takes home about $115,527 a year, or $9,627 a month and $4,443 every two weeks. Taxes take 24% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax. Alaska's employee unemployment-insurance contribution is not included.

Is Anchorage a good place for air traffic controllers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Anchorage area are 5% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 105.4), so the average $152,540 buys what about $144,697 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Anchorage ($60,200). A typical home costs $422,103, or 2.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Air Traffic Controllers salary in other Alaska cities

Anchorage ranks 1st of 2 Alaska metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Highest-paying cities for air traffic controllers

San Francisco, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($179,320).

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