Alaska Paycheck Calculator

Alaska has no individual income tax, but employees pay 0.5% of their wages toward unemployment insurance.

The Department of Revenue says the state does not have an individual income tax, so no state income tax is withheld. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development sets the 2026 employee rate at 0.5% of wages up to $54,200, so the most an employee pays in a year is $271. Everything else on an Alaska pay stub is federal: income tax withholding, Social Security and Medicare.

A $60,000 Alaska salary takes home $1,926.53 every two weeks.

The calculator opens on this case: a single employee on a standard Form W-4, paid every two weeks, with no pre-tax deductions.

• Gross pay: $60,000 ÷ 26 = $2,307.69
• Federal income tax: $193.08 ($60,000 less the $8,600 of IRS Worksheet 1A is $51,400; $1,240 plus 12% of everything over $19,900 is $5,020 a year)
• Social Security: 6.2% × $2,307.69 = $143.08; Medicare: 1.45% = $33.46
• Alaska income tax: $0.00
• Alaska unemployment insurance: 0.50% × $2,307.69 = $11.54 (stops at $271 for the year)
• Take-home pay: $1,926.53 a paycheck, $50,118.88 a year

The unemployment insurance share stops at $271 a year, so it is a smaller share of higher pay.

The deduction is $11.54 a paycheck on the $60,000 example and $271.00 over the year, the maximum, because pay passes $54,200 before the year ends. A $40,000 salary pays $199.94. The chart shows all the payroll deductions as a share of pay.

Alaska pays time and one-half after 8 hours in a day, and the minimum wage is $14.00 an hour.

An employer with 4 or more employees pays one and one-half times the regular rate for hours over 8 in a day or 40 in a week. A week of four 10-hour days at $20 an hour has 8 overtime hours, so it pays $880.00 gross and takes home $744.60, where 40 plain hours would pay $800.00. The minimum wage rose from $13.00 to $14.00 on July 1, 2026.

A 401(k) takes $138.46 of a paycheck and costs $121.84 of take-home pay.

With no state income tax to lower, the whole saving is federal: a 6% deferral on the $60,000 example cuts federal withholding by $16.62 a paycheck. Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance are still taken on the full $2,307.69.

Hiring that employee costs $65,174 a year in Alaska.

On top of the $60,000, the employer matches Social Security and Medicare at 6.2% and 1.45%, which is $4,590. It pays federal unemployment tax of 0.6% on the first $7,000, which is $42. A new Alaska employer pays unemployment tax at 1% in every industry on the first $54,200 of pay, which is $542.00, in addition to the employee's own $271.00.

Alaska requires paid sick leave, one hour for every 30 hours worked, and no breaks for adults.

Since July 1, 2025 an employee earns at least 1 hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked, up to 56 hours a year. The Department says employers need not give breaks to employees 18 and over, and that a break shorter than 20 minutes must be paid. Holiday pay, vacation pay and severance pay are owed only if the employer promised them.

Alaska pays twice a month or monthly, and a fired worker is owed final pay within three working days.

The employer sets monthly or semi-monthly pay periods at the employee's election, and has to tell a new employee in writing the day and place of payment and the rate of pay. If the employer ends the job, all wages are due within three working days. If the employee quits, they are due on the next regular payday at least three days after the employer was told. A late payment can cost the employer the employee's daily wage for each day, up to 90 working days.

Take-home pay in Alaska runs from $34,120 on $40,000 to $113,520 on $150,000.

For a single employee on a standard Form W-4, paid every two weeks. At $100,000 the year's take-home is $78,909. Another state with no wage tax and a daily overtime rule is Nevada.