How much do Atmospheric and Space Scientists make in Anchorage, AK?

Percentile spread

For Atmospheric and Space Scientists, the published 10th percentile is $62,210 and the 90th percentile is $133,350. The difference is $71,140, which is 70.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $66,280 to the 75th at $105,020, covers $38,740.

The mean annual wage is $95,600, which sits below the median of $101,640. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Anchorage, AK median is 2.6% higher than the national median of $99,070 for Atmospheric and Space Scientists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $96,414, which is 2.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7.7% higher than the Alaska median of $94,380.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Anchorage, AK is 105.420, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $101,640 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Atmospheric and Space Scientists at $96,414 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Atmospheric and Space Scientists. Anchorage, AK ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Fairbanks-College, AK is 196 miles away, with a median of $94,380 and employment of 40. That median is 7.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $91,446, against $96,414 here.

Employment share

Atmospheric and Space Scientists accounts for 0.15% of wage-and-salary employment in Anchorage, AK (260 of 177,050). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (10,000 of 155,495,730). The local share is 22.83 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.