- The middle half earn between $20.50 and $36.38 an hour.
- Only 2 states pay appliance technicians more at the median.
- Alaska pays more than both nearby states it is compared with.
- BLS counts about 100 appliance technicians on payrolls in Alaska.
- At the state median wage, an appliance repair business needs to bill about $124.57 an hour on the labor rate calculator's starting numbers.
Appliance Technician pay in Alaska, bottom to top
BLS files these as home appliance repairers: the techs who repair, adjust and install electric and gas household appliances such as refrigerators, washers, dryers and ovens.
| Pay level | Hourly | Yearly | National hourly |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $16.72 | $34,770 | $17.40 |
| 25th percentile | $20.50 | $42,630 | $21.05 |
| Median | $30.74 | $63,950 | $24.51 |
| 75th percentile | $36.38 | $75,660 | $30.47 |
| 90th percentile | $37.26 | $77,500 | $38.78 |
| Average (mean) | $28.23 | $58,720 | $26.94 |
From the bottom tenth ($16.72) to the top tenth ($37.26), the top of the scale pays about 2.2 times the bottom in Alaska, close to the 2.2 times spread for appliance technicians nationwide.
Both ends trail the national figures. The bottom tenth earn $0.68 an hour less than the bottom tenth nationally, and the top tenth $1.52 less than the national top tenth.
The average wage ($28.23) is a little under the median, so the low end of the range stretches further than the high end in Alaska.
How Alaska compares with other states
Over a full year, the Alaska median of $63,950 is $12,960 more than the national $50,990.
In the state ranking, Alaska sits 3rd, between New York ($31.34) and Connecticut ($29.99). The range runs from $17.17 in West Virginia to $34.02 in Massachusetts.
Alaska has no land border, so it is set here against Washington and Oregon. Alaska pays more than both.
These are wages as paid, not adjusted for what it costs to live in Alaska. Rent, home prices and taxes decide how far a higher wage goes.
| Nearby state | Median hourly | Median yearly | Against Alaska |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | $30.74 | $63,950 | |
| Washington | $27.94 | $58,110 | −$2.80 an hour |
| Oregon | $24.60 | $51,160 | −$6.14 an hour |
How many appliance technicians work in Alaska
About 100 appliance technicians work on payrolls in Alaska, 0.3% of the 32,150 nationwide, the 43rd largest count among the states.
The trade is a bigger part of the local job market than it is nationally: 0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in Alaska, 1.6 times the national share.
What an appliance repair business in Alaska should charge
Higher wages in Alaska go straight into the price. Take an appliance repair business in Alaska paying the state median of $30.74 and run it through the labor rate calculator with its starting numbers (40-hour weeks, 10 paid days off, 2 unbilled hours a day, 7.65% payroll taxes, $90,000 a year of overhead and 15% profit).
| Step | Math | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Paid hours | 40 × 52 | 2,080 |
| Hours at work | 2,080 − 10 days × 8 | 2,000 |
| Billable hours | 2,000 × 6 ÷ 8 | 1,500 |
| Labor cost | $30.74 × 2,080 × 1.0765 | $68,831 |
| Break-even rate | ($68,831 + $90,000) ÷ 1,500 | $105.89 |
| Rate with 15% profit | $105.89 ÷ 0.85 | $124.57 |
That is $124.57 per billable hour, 4.1 times the wage, and $10.94 more than the $113.63 the same math gives at the national median wage.
Paying the 75th percentile instead, $36.38 in Alaska, to hire and keep experienced people raises the rate to $134.48.
A cheaper crew saves less than it seems: at the 25th percentile wage of $20.50, the rate only drops to $106.59.
Overhead, at $60 of every billed hour, and the unbilled hours move this rate more than a raise does. A dollar more in wages adds about $1.76 to the rate.
Run it with your own numbers in the labor rate calculator. It is free and shows every step.
Working as an appliance technician in Alaska
- Running the business. Quotes, invoices, booking and your website in one place: how appliance repair shops run on Koira.
- Getting found. The free Koira report checks how your business shows up in search and on maps against shops near you.
Where these numbers come from
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
The figures are the BLS state estimates for SOC 49-9031, home appliance repairers, across all industries, read straight from the May 2025 state data file. They cover wage and salary workers, not the self-employed. Where BLS did not publish a figure, this page leaves it out.
All states in one table: appliance technician salary by state.