Salaries in Anchorage.

3,445 roles. One city.

Cost-of-living index: 1.13x national average. Last updated August 2026.

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Highest Paying

$384,000

Senior VP of Security

Median of All Roles

$156,000

Logistics Solutions Architect

Entry Level

$38,000

Hotel Clerk / Front Desk

The salary figures on this page are computed estimates, not observed wages. Each one is a national role baseline scaled by a Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity cost-of-living multiplier (2025 index) and rounded to the nearest $1,000. No published wage percentile is consulted and no wage survey response enters the calculation, so an Orbyt estimate must not be cited as a Bureau of Labor Statistics figure or as measured pay. The published wage data Orbyt holds is Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which record a filed minimum visa base wage rather than market pay. Where BLS publishes a wage for the occupation a role maps to, it is shown on that role's page as a separate benchmark, labelled with its occupation code, metro area and the number of employed workers it covers. Last updated August 2026.

Anchorage, AK has a cost-of-living index of 1.13x the national average. The highest-paying role is Senior VP of Security at $384,000, while the median across all 3,445 roles is $156,000. Anchorage is Alaska's economic center, driven by oil and gas, military spending, and healthcare.

About the Anchorage market

Anchorage is Alaska's economic center, driven by oil and gas, military spending, and healthcare. The city offers premium pay to offset its remote location and high cost of goods. Federal and state government roles dominate, with growing demand in telehealth and energy technology.

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Top 50 salaries in Anchorage

#	Role	Median	Range
1	Senior VP of Security	$384,000	$326,000 – $499,000
2	SVP of Product	$377,000	$320,000 – $490,000
3	SVP of AI Innovation	$373,000	$317,000 – $485,000
4	Senior VP of Product	$373,000	$291,000 – $484,000
5	SVP of Finance	$359,000	$305,000 – $466,000
6	Chief Security Officer	$358,000	$279,000 – $465,000
7	VP of Engineering	$356,000	$303,000 – $463,000
8	VP of AI	$356,000	$303,000 – $463,000
9	VP of Platform Engineering	$356,000	$303,000 – $463,000
10	VP of Cloud	$356,000	$303,000 – $463,000
11	VP of Information Security	$356,000	$303,000 – $463,000
12	VP of Core Engineering	$356,000	$303,000 – $463,000
13	VP of Quality	$356,000	$303,000 – $463,000
14	VP of Data Engineering	$353,000	$300,000 – $459,000
15	VP of Infrastructure	$353,000	$300,000 – $459,000
16	VP of Field Engineering	$353,000	$300,000 – $459,000
17	SVP of Strategy	$353,000	$275,000 – $458,000
18	VP of Application Engineering	$353,000	$300,000 – $459,000
19	SVP of Engineering	$351,000	$298,000 – $457,000
20	SVP of Data	$351,000	$298,000 – $457,000
21	SVP of Technology	$351,000	$298,000 – $457,000
22	Chief AI Officer	$350,000	$260,000 – $452,000
23	Chief Strategy Officer	$350,000	$273,000 – $455,000
24	VP of IT	$349,000	$297,000 – $454,000
25	VP of Analytics	$349,000	$297,000 – $454,000
26	VP of Information Technology	$349,000	$297,000 – $454,000
27	SVP of Sales	$349,000	$272,000 – $454,000
28	Chief Science Officer	$347,000	$271,000 – $451,000
29	VP of AI Product	$346,000	$294,000 – $450,000
30	VP of AI Engineering	$346,000	$294,000 – $450,000
31	VP of Mobile	$346,000	$294,000 – $450,000
32	VP of Privacy	$346,000	$294,000 – $450,000
33	VP of Risk	$346,000	$294,000 – $450,000
34	VP of Support Engineering	$346,000	$294,000 – $450,000
35	VP of Site Reliability Engineering	$346,000	$294,000 – $450,000
36	VP of Cybersecurity	$346,000	$294,000 – $450,000
37	Senior Head of Security	$344,000	$292,000 – $446,000
38	Senior VP of Design	$343,000	$268,000 – $446,000
39	VP of Data Science	$342,000	$292,000 – $445,000
40	VP of AI Research	$342,000	$292,000 – $445,000
41	Chief Machine Learning Officer	$342,000	$267,000 – $445,000
42	VP of Technical Support	$342,000	$292,000 – $445,000
43	VP of Security Engineering	$342,000	$292,000 – $445,000
44	Chief Technology Officer	$341,000	$253,000 – $447,000
45	Chief Commercial Officer	$340,000	$265,000 – $443,000
46	VP of Machine Learning	$339,000	$289,000 – $441,000
47	VP of Finance	$339,000	$288,000 – $441,000
48	Chief Legal Officer	$339,000	$264,000 – $441,000
49	VP of Data	$339,000	$289,000 – $441,000
50	VP of Reliability Engineering	$339,000	$289,000 – $441,000

Tax considerations

Alaska has no state income tax and no state sales tax. Anchorage charges no local income tax either. The result is one of the lowest overall tax burdens in the nation.

Negotiating in Anchorage

Negotiate relocation packages and cost of living adjustments. Anchorage employers expect to pay 10 to 20% premiums over Lower 48 salaries for comparable roles.

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