How much do Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers make in Anchorage, AK?

Percentile spread

For Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $67,090 and the 90th percentile is $295,350. The difference is $228,260, which is 161.8% 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 $96,540 to the 75th at $295,350, covers $198,810.

The mean annual wage is $171,000, which sits above the median of $141,080. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Anchorage, AK median is 32.8% higher than the national median of $106,220 for Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $133,827, which is 26% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 13.2% higher than the Alaska median of $124,630.

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 $141,080 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers at $133,827 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 Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers. 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 $102,010 and employment of 30. That median is 27.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $98,839, against $133,827 here.

Employment share

Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Anchorage, AK (80 of 177,050). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (6,080 of 155,495,730). The local share is 11.56 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.