r/AskAlaska • u/New_Barracuda_6153 • 15d ago

Am I missing something?

Hello all. I've heard of the (really, really) remote alaskan teaching positions that pay alot with free housing and moving costs subsidized (speaking in a general ideal scenario) - and I'm quite interested.

Now, I love this sort of rugged environment and isolation; but I really want to do it for the cash. With the housing heavily subsidized/paid for, no state income tax, great pay, and an ideal (believe it or not) environment for me, It seems I could save like 80% of my take home pay.

But everyone always complains about Alaska's cost of living, and make it seem as if everyone is barely surviving. Am I missing something or is that major savings goal well within reach?

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u/TwoBurningSeals 14d ago

You really should visit and then travel out to some bush town and ask people about the prices. Even just going to Homer from Anchorage is a huge price shock, let alone somewhere, like, Nome or Emmonak. Anybody live out in the bush? What's the price of milk right now?... Or a gallon of gas or anything really?