SOC 15-1299 · Computer and Mathematical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Computer Occupations, All Other make in Fairbanks-College, AK?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Computer Occupations, All Other in Fairbanks-College, AK is $103,770. The 10th percentile is $71,460 and the 90th percentile is $135,030. Employment is 110.

Median annual wage

$103,770

10th percentile
$71,460
25th percentile
$90,400
Median
$103,770
75th percentile
$119,480
90th percentile
$135,030
Mean
$104,630

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Computer Occupations, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $71,460 and the 90th percentile is $135,030. The difference is $63,570, which is 61.3% 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 $90,400 to the 75th at $119,480, covers $29,080.

The mean annual wage is $104,630, which sits above the median of $103,770. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Fairbanks-College, AK median is 11% lower than the national median of $116,580 for Computer Occupations, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $100,545, which is 13.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.1% lower than the Alaska median of $105,960.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Fairbanks-College, AK is 103.208, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $103,770 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Computer Occupations, All Other at $100,545 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 Computer Occupations, All Other. Fairbanks-College, AK ranks 2nd 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).).

  • Anchorage, AK is 196 miles away, with a median of $113,190 and employment of 410. That median is 9.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $107,371, against $100,545 here.

Employment share

Computer Occupations, All Other accounts for 0.30% of wage-and-salary employment in Fairbanks-College, AK (110 of 36,430). Nationally the occupation is 0.28% of employment (435,370 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.08 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Fairbanks-College, AK · Computer Occupations, All Other by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Computer Occupations, All Other make in Fairbanks-College, AK?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Computer Occupations, All Other in Fairbanks-College, AK is $103,770. The 10th percentile is $71,460 and the 90th percentile is $135,030. Employment is 110.

How does that compare with the national median for Computer Occupations, All Other?

The local median is 11% lower than the national median of $116,580.

What is Computer Occupations, All Other pay in Fairbanks-College, AK after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Fairbanks-College, AK is 103.208, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $103,770 is $100,545. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Fairbanks-College, AK compare with nearby metros for Computer Occupations, All Other?

Anchorage, AK is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 196 miles away, at $113,190. Fairbanks-College, AK ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.