Alaska nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Alaska nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Alaska nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Alaska nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (4 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 346 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Alaska nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Emergency Medicine Physicians	$452,620	$217.61	110
2	Physicians, All Other	$385,940	$185.55	70
3	Family Medicine Physicians	$318,090	$152.93	Not published
4	Dentists, General	$237,560	$114.21	100
5	Petroleum Engineers	$183,400	$88.17	80
6	Pharmacists	$172,080	$82.73	150
7	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$170,250	$81.85	180
8	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$162,050	$77.91	60
9	Lawyers	$159,730	$76.80	220
10	Chief Executives	$157,890	$75.91	290
11	Industrial Engineers	$156,510	$75.25	Not published
12	Construction Managers	$151,240	$72.71	620
13	Engineers, All Other	$142,390	$68.46	80
14	Nurse Practitioners	$140,020	$67.32	220
15	Physician Assistants	$139,010	$66.83	160
16	Massage Therapists	$135,630	$65.21	90
17	Public Relations Managers	$133,190	$64.04	170
18	Mechanical Engineers	$132,790	$63.84	60
19	Dental Hygienists	$132,690	$63.79	230
20	Medical and Health Services Managers	$131,100	$63.03	560
21	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$129,140	$62.09	160
22	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$127,440	$61.27	260
23	Natural Sciences Managers	$126,920	$61.02	260
24	Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers	$124,630	$59.92	180
25	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	$124,520	$59.87	190

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Alaska nonmetropolitan area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.