Kennel Attendant Salary in Alaska

Alaska's position against the national figures is strong from the 25th percentile up.

The 25th percentile, $32,150, is 8% above the national $29,820, and the median, $36,640, is $1,280 or 4% above the national median of $35,360.

The proportional lead dips at the middle before the top pulls furthest ahead: the 75th percentile, $47,560, is 19% above the national $40,050, and the 90th, $58,400, is 17% above the national $50,060.

In percentage terms the widest lead is the 75th percentile's; in dollar terms the 90th percentile's $8,340 gap is the largest.

Only the floor is not ahead, and barely: the national 10th percentile of $27,250 sits about 1% above Alaska's $27,030.

Half of the Alaska workers counted earned between $32,150 and $47,560 — a band $15,410 wide, against $10,230 nationally.

The full span from the 10th to the 90th percentile is $31,370, against $22,810 nationally.

Segment by segment: the lower quarter runs $5,120 against $2,570 nationally, the stretch from the 25th percentile to the median, $4,490, is actually narrower than the national $5,540, and the median-to-75th stretch does most of the work at $10,920 against $4,690.

Above the 75th percentile the two distributions stretch about as far — $10,840 against $10,010.

The band is wider in dollar terms and in proportion to the state's median alike, and OEWS does not publish why a distribution takes this shape, so this page assigns it no cause.

The Alaska hourly median is $17.61, against $17.00 nationally — a 4% gap, matching the annual median.

The data set carries hourly pay at the median only, so it is the figure to hold an hourly posting against.

Before comparing a posted rate with the annual percentiles, ask how many hours a week the role is scheduled.

BLS estimates 550 animal caretakers were employed in Alaska across all industries — 48th among the 51 jurisdictions that publish an employment figure.

The estimate is a headcount of people in jobs during the survey period, not a count of openings, and it covers every employer rather than any one industry.

BLS publishes no state count of how many of these jobs are in veterinary settings.

In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Alaska have a median of $46,480 — $9,840, or 27%, more than the all-industry animal caretaker median on this page, 1.3 times as much.

The comparison sets a veterinary occupation against one that spans all industries, so the two figures count different workers; it is context for someone weighing a move into technician work, not a raise anyone should expect.