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Direct support professional jobs in Alaska

7 open direct support professional jobs in Alaska at 2 employers. BLS measures a median of $19.11 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Alaska, opens in a new tab) for home health and personal care aides here.

7
Open in AK
2
Employers hiring
8
Towns
$19.11
BLS median in AK
7th of 52 states and territories

Newest direct support professional jobs in Alaska

Checked 29 Oct 2026, 07:47 UTC

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  • Cross Country Healthcare logo

    Cross Country HealthcareTravel nursing agency

    A national staffing company placing travel nurses, allied professionals, therapists and locum tenens providers, with local and per diem work too.

    Places: Nurses, NPs & PAs, Doctors, CNAs & PCTs

  • White Glove Placement logo

    White Glove PlacementTravel nursing agency

    Places travel, local, per diem and locum tenens clinicians across nursing, allied health, behavioral health and physician roles.

    Places: Nurses, NPs & PAs, Doctors, CNAs & PCTs

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Where the direct support professional jobs are in Alaska

Towns with the most open jobs in this occupation. A town with a page lists every care job open there, by occupation.

What direct support professionals earn in Alaska

The hourly pay open jobs here post, beside what BLS measured people employed in the occupation earned in the state and its metro areas.

Posted on open jobs in Alaska

Too few open jobs here post an hourly rate for a typical range (it takes eight from three employers).

Measured by BLS in Alaska, May 2025

$19.11/hr ($39,740 a year) (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Alaska, opens in a new tab)

Median for home health and personal care aides, against $17.21 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, opens in a new tab) for the whole US; 6,530 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Alaska, opens in a new tab) employed in Alaska.

By metro area

BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Home Health and Personal Care Aides; areas that cross a state line list every state.

Employers hiring direct support professionals in Alaska

What the job takes

A high school diploma; employers train on the job.

  • Certification

    DSP certification

    National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals. Voluntary

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Direct support professional jobs in Alaska: common questions

How much do direct support professionals make in Alaska?

Too few open direct support professional jobs in Alaska post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $19.11/hr ($39,740 a year) for home health and personal care aides in Alaska (May 2025), against $17.21 nationally, 7th highest of 52 states and territories.

Where in Alaska are the most direct support professional jobs?

Anchorage (3), Wasilla (3), Fairbanks (1), Homer (1) and Kenai (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

Who is hiring direct support professionals in Alaska?

By open jobs on this board: Hearts and Hands of Care (4) and All Ways Caring HomeCare (3). In all, 2 employers have direct support professional jobs open in Alaska.

What do you need to work as a direct support professional in Alaska?

A high school diploma; employers train on the job. DSP certification (National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals; voluntary). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from Alaska's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

How current are these jobs?

CareJobs.Now reads each employer's own job board every night; a job stays listed while the employer keeps it posted, and each opens the employer's own application.

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Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations is in Alaska, once however many locations there it lists. Its occupation is read from its title. Posted pay is the middle half of the distinct hourly rates jobs here state (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), shown when at least three such rates from three employers stand behind it. BLS figures are as published for the state, never adjusted.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in Alaska, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 29, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides (SOC 31-1120), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026
  5. DSP certification: National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Direct support professional jobs in Alaska. Data as of October 29, 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/direct-support-professional/alaska

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