Ship Engineers Salary in Anchorage, AK

Ship Engineers pay range in Anchorage

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $51,610 a year or less, while the top 10% make $160,690 or more. The middle half of ship engineers in Anchorage earn between $83,770 and $136,480.

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

Ship Engineers salary after taxes in Anchorage

On the average salary of $111,710, a single filer in Anchorage takes home about $87,418 a year, or $7,285 a month and $3,362 every two weeks. Taxes take 22% 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 ship engineers? 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 $111,710 buys what about $105,967 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Anchorage ($60,200). A typical home costs $422,103, or 3.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Ship Engineers salary in nearby metro areas

Highest-paying cities for ship engineers

New Orleans, LA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($151,960).

Ship Engineers salary by city

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