Childcare Workers Salary in Anchorage, AK

Childcare Workers pay range in Anchorage

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $30,620 a year or less, while the top 10% make $46,360 or more. The middle half of childcare workers in Anchorage earn between $36,060 and $36,750.

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

Childcare Workers salary after taxes in Anchorage

On the average salary of $37,650, a single filer in Anchorage takes home about $32,432 a year, or $2,703 a month and $1,247 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% 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 childcare workers? 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 $37,650 buys what about $35,714 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Anchorage ($60,200). A typical home costs $422,103, or 11.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Childcare Workers salary in other Alaska cities

Anchorage ranks 2nd of 2 Alaska metro areas for this job; Fairbanks pays the most ($39,930).

All Childcare Workers salaries in Alaska

Highest-paying cities for childcare workers

Sarasota, FL pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($52,680).

Childcare Workers salary by city

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