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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Material Moving Workers, All Other Salary in Alaska

Material Moving Workers, All Other in Alaska earn a median annual salary of $48,870, which is +17.2% compared to the national median. There are 90 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Alaska (state).

$48,870
Alaska median annual wage
$24/hour median
+17.2%
Difference vs national median
National median is $41,690
90
Local employment
0.3 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.64
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$31,930
25th
$38,340
Median
$48,870
75th
$62,110
90th
$75,270

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Alaska, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
102.4%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$47,744
Goods: 106.3%
Services: 119.0%
Rents: 93.8%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Washington$67,440Compare80
New Jersey$64,850Compare640
Colorado$60,680Compare510
New York$59,860CompareN/A
Maine$58,410Compare70
Vermont$58,080Compare30

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Alaska

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Dentists, General$230,8301.12
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers$226,4907.82
Petroleum Engineers$200,7507.84
Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates$168,8802.61
Chief Executives$168,6802.06
Emergency Medicine Physicians$168,0402.40
Optometrists$165,8300.75
Pharmacists$163,2000.74

Alaska has salary data for 541 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Dentists, General.

Historical series

Trend for Material Moving Workers, All Other in Alaska

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Material Moving Workers, All Other are projected to change by +4.3% from 2024 to 2034, with 3,100 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.