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Fairbanks, AK
$1,954after tax and rent
Photo: Quintin Soloviev / Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0
On a $83,730 household paycheck in Fairbanks.
Modelled metro
So you know: homicide deaths in Fairbanks are above the US rate in this release, 10.4 versus 6.5 per 100,000. CDC via County Health Rankings, CDC NVSS 2017–2023 (CHR 2025 release).
Move Score
60
Each row is 0–100. The Move Score is their weighted average, rounded, and it stops at 99. Rent is only in Housing. Jobs is off when the paycheck is the same in every city. Schools is off when there are no kids.
The 6 rows that are on. Their weighted average is 60.1, and that is the score, rounded, up to 99. Rows that are off stay out. The percent on each row is its weight. Tap a row to see what it measures. How the score is weighted
Example household
Example: $83,730, same pay in every city · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
These figures are projections built from available public data. Conditions change, and the numbers may not reflect current prices, taxes, or immigration rules. Check official sources before you make decisions.
After tax and rent
$1,954
Home city
Not picked
Salary
$83,730
Same everywhere
Top things to do in Fairbanks
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Photo: Maureen amerune / Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0 University of Alaska Museum of the North
Museum on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks
Photo: Enrico Blasutto / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 Pioneer Park
City park in Fairbanks, Alaska
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Stats
- Rent
- $1,640
- 2 bd median
- Take-home
- $5,645
- Per month
- Tax
- 19%
- Of pay
- Prices
- 14% above
- US, besides rent
Next
$1,954 / mo
The month
One earner. 1 bd.
See full breakdown
- Taxes$1,333
- Rent$1,378
- Other$2,313
- Left$1,954
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $83,730
- Federal income tax
- −$9,591
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,405
- State income tax (AK)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $67,734
- Effective tax rate
- 19.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,378
- Groceries
- $457
- Getting around
- $656
- Healthcare
- $514
- Utilities and internet
- $286
- Everything else
- $400
- Total spending
- $3,691
After tax and rent
$1,954 left/mo
Working remotely
If the paycheck stays the same
One adult, one bedroom, $120,000 held flat in every city. That leaves $4,080 a month here after tax and rent. One-bedroom rent in that math is $1,378.
- Work from home
- 6.4% of workers
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Home internet
- 66.2% of households
- Cable, fiber optic, or DSL
- Paid to move, remote job
- No open remote grant on this metro
Worked-from-home share is from ACS 2023 5-year. Internet is households with cable, fiber optic, or DSL, from ACS 2023 5-year.
USAJOBS
Federal jobs that pay relocation here
16 open postings marked relocation-eligible. Fetched October 10, 2026.
- Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Anesthetist)
Defense Health Agency · $183,646–$230,436 a year
Fort Wainwright, AK · Closes November 30, 2026
- Clinical Psychologist (Mental Health)
Defense Health Agency · $120,348–$156,455 a year
Fort Wainwright, AK · Closes November 30, 2026
- TRAINING TECHNICIAN
168 MXO FT (Air National Guard Units) · $69,099–$89,826 a year
Eielson AFB, AK · Closes December 16, 2026
- Social Worker (Mental Health Consultant)
Defense Health Agency · $101,206–$131,571 a year
Fort Richardson, AK · Fort Wainwright, AK · Closes December 17, 2026
- Social Worker (Clinical)
Defense Health Agency · $101,206–$131,571 a year
Fort Richardson, AK · Fort Wainwright, AK · Closes December 22, 2026
11 more on the full list.
The place
20 min commute. A car per adult.
- Weather
- Not shown for this metro.
- Getting around
- A car per adult
- Average commute
- 20 minutes each way
- Size
- 96k people
- Buying instead
- Median home $282,500. About $2,096/mo with 20% down.
- Taxes
- No state income tax. Sales tax 1.8%, property tax 1.26%.
Schools
- Students
- 15,881
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
- Districts
- 2
- Fairbanks North Star Borough School District11,857 students
- Yukon-Koyukuk School District4,024 students
NCES 2024-2025. The district count is every public district in the metro. The names are the largest 2.
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Take-home by job in Fairbanks
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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Questions
How is take-home pay in Fairbanks calculated?
Fairbanks is in Alaska, which has no state income tax. Take-home is a local salary minus federal tax and payroll tax. Leftover is what remains after rent and bills.
What does rent cost in Fairbanks?
About $1,378 for a one-bedroom and $1,640 for a two-bedroom in Fairbanks, AK. Fairbanks averages 136 sunny days, a July high of 75°F, and a 20-minute commute.
How do I compare Fairbanks with another city?
Put Fairbanks next to another city on the same job and household. The gap is the tax bill and the rent.
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