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Alaska engineer salary

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Updated March 2025

What engineers earn across Alaska, from published wage data — explore it city by city and discipline by discipline.

Typical pay

$122,934

Alaska

Top earners

$176,412

Higher end

vs national

+2% vs national

U.S. $120,395

Cities

3

in this state

Engineers in Alaska earn a blended median of $122,934 per year, +2% vs national, with top earners near $176,412. That blends 10 engineering occupations across 4,090 published jobs in Alaska. Per-discipline figures below are published wage data, not modeled.

Engineering pay by role in Alaska

Published wage data for each discipline in Alaska. Disciplines without published data for this state are not listed.

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Engineering salaries by city in Alaska

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Top-paying

Anchorage

$122,884

+2% vs national

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Fairbanks

$107,208

-11% vs national

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More cities in Alaska

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What affects engineering pay in Alaska

  • ▹Local market. Alaska pay runs +2% vs national for the typical engineer, driven by local demand and living costs.
  • ▹Discipline mix. Software, petroleum, and engineering-management roles pull averages up; civil and environmental roles sit lower. Use the role table above for specifics.
  • ▹Metro concentration. Pay clusters in Anchorage, Fairbanks, which run above the statewide estimate.
  • ▹Remote & experience.Remote roles often anchor to a company's HQ market rather than Alaska; seniority can swing pay ±35% around the median.

Engineer salaries in Alaska — FAQ

How much do engineers make in Alaska?
Engineers in Alaska earn a blended median of $122,934 per year — 2% above the national average — across 10 engineering occupations and 4,090 jobs. There is no single BLS "engineer" occupation, so this blends the published medians of the engineering occupations reported for the area, weighted by local employment (BLS OEWS May 2024).
What is the highest-paying engineering job in Alaska?
Petroleum Engineers have the highest published median in Alaska, at $200,750 per year, per BLS OEWS May 2024.
Is Alaska a good state for engineers?
Engineering pay in Alaska runs 2% above the national average, across 4,090 engineering jobs. That combination of pay level and employment base makes it a competitive market.
Which cities in Alaska pay engineers the most?
Engineering pay is highest in Anchorage ($122,884), and Fairbanks ($107,208), based on published BLS metro-area wages.
Source details

BLS publishes no single "engineer" occupation. This blends the published medians of 10 engineering occupations in Alaska, weighted by local employment (4,090 jobs).

Benchmarks come from published government wage data via BLS OEWS. Local and emerging-role figures are labeled estimates. Full methodology →

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