# Alaska Paycheck Calculator Last updated October 22, 2026FreeNo signupFormula shown Enter your pay, how often you are paid and your Form W-4 choices, and this Alaska paycheck calculator shows your 2026 take-home pay. Alaska withholds no state income tax, so federal tax, Social Security, Medicare and the employee's 0.5% share of unemployment insurance come out, and the employer's side of the bill is worked out right under it. State AlaskaNo wage taxAlaska taxes no wages, so nothing is withheld for the state; employees pay 0.50% of wages up to $54,200 toward unemployment insurance. Another state? [Pick any of the 50 states and DC](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/paycheck-calculator). I'm paid SalaryHourly Yearly salary (USD) Pay frequencyWeekly (52 paychecks a year)Every two weeks (26 a year)Twice a month (24 a year)Monthly (12 a year) Filing status on Form W-4Single or married filing separatelyMarried filing jointlyHead of household Form W-4 steps 2 to 4 Step 2 box is checked Two jobs with similar pay, or both spouses work. Children under 17 Step 3: $2,200 each. Other dependents Step 3: $500 each. Other income per year Step 4(a). Deductions per year Step 4(b). Extra withholding each paycheck (USD) Step 4(c). 401(k), % of pay 2026 limit $24,500. Health premiums per paycheck Pre-tax. HSA per paycheck 2026 limit $8,750. Take-home pay per paycheck $1,926.53 $2,307.69 gross · $381.16 withheld (16.5%) teampredict.ai/tools/paycheck-calculator/alaska Where this paycheck goes Gross pay $2,307.69 Federal income taxW-4 methodIRS Publication 15-T (2026) percentage method, worked from your Form W-4 entries. \- $193.08 Social Security6.2%To $184,500Social Security tax stops once your pay for the year reaches the $184,500 wage base. \- $143.08 Medicare1.45% \- $33.46 Additional Medicare0.9%Over $200,000Withheld on pay above $200,000 in a calendar year, whatever your filing status. \- $0.00 Alaska income taxNo wage taxAlaska taxes no wages, so nothing is withheld for the state; employees pay 0.50% of wages up to $54,200 toward unemployment insurance. \- $0.00 Alaska unemployment insurance (employee share)0.5%, up to $271.00 a year0.50%, to $54,200Alaska employees pay 0.50% of wages up to the 2026 taxable wage base of $54,200 toward unemployment insurance, withheld from pay. \- $11.54 401(k)Pre-taxSkips federal income tax, but Social Security and Medicare still apply. \- $0.00 Health premiumsPre-taxThrough a cafeteria plan, these skip income tax, Social Security and Medicare. \- $0.00 HSA \- $0.00 Take-home pay$1,926.53 Over the year, 26 paychecks Gross pay $60,000 Taxes \- $9,881 Pre-tax deductions \- $0 Share kept 83.5% Take-home pay$50,119 Copy resultsCopy link _Figure: Bar chart of the year's gross pay of $60,000. Federal income tax: $5,020; Social Security: $3,720; Medicare: $870; Alaska income tax: $0; Alaska unemployment insurance (employee share): $271; Take-home pay: $50,119._ _Figure: Line chart of yearly take-home pay against gross pay, from $0 to $100,000, with the same filing status and deductions as the calculator. The dashed line is gross pay. At $60,000 gross, take-home is $50,119._ ## This pay costs the employer $65,174 a year, $2,506.69 each pay period. What the employer adds, per year Employer Social Security6.2% to $184,500 $3,720 Employer Medicare1.45% $870 Federal unemployment (FUTA)0.6% of the first $7,000No credit cut6.0% less a 5.4% credit. The Labor Department's September 2026 list of states that may lose part of that credit names only California and the Virgin Islands. $42 Alaska unemployment1% of the first $54,200New employer rateA new Alaska employer pays 1.00% in 2026, in every industry, on the first $54,200 of each employee's pay; the employee's 0.50% share is withheld from pay. $542 Employer taxes$5,174 Total cost of the employee Gross pay $60,000 Employer taxes \+ $5,174 Per pay periodYearly averageUnemployment taxes stop at their wage bases, so the first paychecks of the year cost more than the last. $2,506.69 Per year$65,174 See which of your own people may be leaving, before they hand in notice. [Start 30-Day Free Trial](https://app.teampredict.ai/signup) ## 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 _Figure: Bar chart for a single employee on a $60,000 salary, paid every two weeks, paid 26 times a year. Federal income tax: $5,020 · 8.4%; Social Security: $3,720 · 6.2%; Medicare: $870 · 1.4%; Alaska income tax: $0 · 0%; Alaska unemployment insurance (employee share): $271 · 0.5%; Take-home pay: $50,119 · 83.5%._ A single employee on a $60,000 salary, paid every two weeks. Invented example. Each tax is rounded to the cent in every paycheck, as payroll does. ## 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. _Figure: Bar chart of the payroll taxes taken from pay as a share of pay at four salaries. $60,000 a year: 8.10% of pay; $150,000 a year: 7.83% of pay; $250,000 a year: 6.31% of pay; $500,000 a year: 4.33% of pay._ Invented salaries, single, paid every two weeks. Additional Medicare Tax is 0.9% of pay above $200,000. ## 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. _Figure: Bar chart for a single employee at $20 an hour working four 10-hour days, paid 52 times a year. Federal income tax: $3,311 · 7.2%; Social Security: $2,837 · 6.2%; Medicare: $664 · 1.5%; Alaska income tax: $0 · 0%; Alaska unemployment insurance (employee share): $229 · 0.5%; Take-home pay: $38,719 · 84.6%._ A single employee at $20 an hour working four 10-hour days. Invented example. Each tax is rounded to the cent in every paycheck, as payroll does. ## 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. _Figure: Bar chart of the tax withheld from one biweekly paycheck on a $60,000 salary, single: Federal tax, no 401(k): $193.08; Federal tax, 6% 401(k): $176.46; Alaska tax, no 401(k): $0.00; Alaska tax, 6% 401(k): $0.00._ Invented example: a $60,000 salary, single, paid every two weeks. 6% of pay is $138.46 a paycheck. ## 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. _Figure: Bar chart of the employer's taxes on an employee on a $60,000 salary: Employer Social Security $3,720; Employer Medicare $870; Alaska unemployment $542; Federal unemployment (FUTA) $42. Together $5,174, for a total cost of $65,174 a year._ An employee on a $60,000 salary. Alaska unemployment is the 2026 new-employer rate of 1% on the first $54,200. ## 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](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/paycheck-calculator/nevada). Take-home pay in Alaska for a single employee on a standard Form W-4, paid every two weeks, with no pre-tax deductions. Salary Federal tax Social Security and Medicare Take-home a year Every two weeks $40,000 $2,620 $3,060 $34,120 $1,312.31 $50,000 $3,820 $3,825 $42,105 $1,619.43 $60,000 $5,020 $4,590 $50,119 $1,926.53 $75,000 $7,670 $5,738 $61,321 $2,354.52 $100,000 $13,170 $7,650 $78,909 $3,026.15 $150,000 $24,734 $11,475 $113,520 $4,347.73 ## Methodology & sources The formula this calculator uses is shown in full above, and every assumption is an input you control. There are no hidden industry presets. All math runs in your browser; nothing you enter is stored or sent to a server. For the reasoning behind the formula and its edge cases, see: - [IRS Publication 15-T (2026): Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods, Percentage Method Tables for Automated Payroll Systems](https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15t.pdf) - [IRS Publication 15 (2026), Employer's Tax Guide: Social Security wage base of $184,500, Medicare, FUTA, 401(k) and cafeteria plan treatment](https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15.pdf) - [IRS Form W-4 (2026): Step 3 credits of $2,200 and $500](https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf) - [IRS Topic 751: Social Security and Medicare withholding rates, Additional Medicare Tax over $200,000](https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc751) - [IRS Instructions for Form 940: FUTA tax of 6.0% less a credit of up to 5.4%, on the first $7,000](https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i940) - [U.S. Department of Labor: FUTA credit reductions, potential 2026 list (California and the Virgin Islands)](https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/futa_credit.asp) - [IRS: 401(k) limit of $24,500 for 2026](https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/401k-limit-increases-to-24500-for-2026-ira-limit-increases-to-7500) - [IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-19: 2026 HSA limits of $4,400 and $8,750](https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rp-25-19.pdf) - [U.S. Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #23: overtime at time and one-half over 40 hours in a workweek](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/23-flsa-overtime-pay) - [Alaska Department of Revenue, Tax Division: Alaska has no individual income tax, so no state income tax is withheld from employees](https://tax.alaska.gov/programs/programs/index.aspx?10001) - [Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development: 2026 unemployment insurance tax rates (employee rate 0.50%, taxable wage base $54,200)](https://labor.alaska.gov/estax/2026-experience-rates.html) - [Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development: 2026 industry rates for new employers (employer rate 1.00%, employee rate 0.50%, tax base $54,200)](https://labor.alaska.gov/estax/2026-industry-rates.html) - [U.S. Department of Labor: Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws, effective January 2026 (taxable wage base and new employer rate by state)](https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/content/sigpros/2020-2029/January2026.pdf) - [Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development: minimum wage ($14.00 from July 1, 2026) and the Wage and Hour Act](https://labor.alaska.gov/lss/whhome.htm) - [Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development: Wage and Hour employee FAQ (sick leave, breaks, final pay, overtime)](https://labor.alaska.gov/lss/whfaq.htm) - [Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development: Pamphlet 100, AS 23.10.060 daily overtime and AS 23.05.140 pay periods and final pay](https://labor.alaska.gov/lss/forms/pam100.pdf) ## Frequently asked questions Does Alaska have a state income tax? No. The Department of Revenue says Alaska does not have an individual income tax, so no employee withholding for state income tax is required. Alaska is unusual in one other way: employees pay a share of unemployment insurance. It is 0.5% of wages up to $54,200, which is $11.54 of a $60,000 salary's biweekly paycheck until the $271 yearly maximum is reached. How much is $60,000 a year after tax in Alaska? For a single employee on a standard Form W-4 who is paid every two weeks, a $60,000 salary takes home $1,926.53 a paycheck, or $50,118.88 a year. The year's deductions are $5,020.08 of federal income tax, $3,720.08 of Social Security, $869.96 of Medicare and $271.00 of unemployment insurance. How much is $20 an hour after tax in Alaska? At 40 hours a week and weekly pay, $20 an hour is $800.00 gross and $680.72 take-home a week for a single employee with a standard Form W-4. That is $54.08 of federal income tax, $49.60 of Social Security, $11.60 of Medicare and $4.00 of unemployment insurance. Switch the calculator to hourly and type your own hours, including overtime. What is the minimum wage in Alaska? $14.00 an hour since July 1, 2026, up from $13.00. A 40-hour week at $14.00 is $560.00 gross and $489.08 take-home. A school bus driver must be paid at least twice the minimum wage. Does Alaska pay overtime after 8 hours in a day? Yes. AS 23.10.060 says an employer may not employ an employee for a workweek longer than 40 hours or for more than eight hours in a day without paying one and one-half times the regular rate for the extra time. Four 10-hour days at $20 an hour are 32 regular hours and 8 overtime hours, $880.00 gross, against $800.00 for 40 plain hours. Hours already paid as daily overtime are not counted twice toward the 40. An employer with fewer than 4 employees, and some other kinds of work, are exempt from the overtime rule. Does Alaska require paid sick leave? Yes. Since July 1, 2025 the Department of Labor and Workforce Development says employers must provide sick leave, with at least 1 hour earned for every 30 hours worked and up to 56 hours a year. That is a minimum, and employers are free to offer more. State law does not require rest breaks for adults, holiday pay, vacation pay or severance pay unless the employer has promised them. How often must an Alaska employer pay me? Twice a month or monthly. The employer sets monthly or semi-monthly pay periods at the employee's choice, and an employee and employer may agree to monthly periods in an initial annual contract of employment. The employer must tell a new employee in writing, at hiring, the day and place of payment and the rate of pay. When is my last paycheck due in Alaska? If the employer ends the job, within three working days, for any cause. If the employee quits, on the next regular payday that is at least three days after the employer was told. An employer that pays late may be required to pay the employee's regular wage from the time of demand until payment, or for 90 working days, whichever is less (AS 23.05.140). What does a 401(k) do to my Alaska paycheck? It lowers take-home pay by less than you put in. Putting 6% of a $60,000 salary into a 401(k) is $138.46 a paycheck, but take-home pay falls by only $121.84, because federal income tax withholding drops by $16.62. Alaska has no income tax to lower, and Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance are still taken on the full pay. Who pays unemployment tax in Alaska, and how much is it? Both. The employee pays 0.5% of the first $54,200 of wages, at most $271 a year, out of the paycheck. A new employer pays 1% in 2026 in every industry on the first $54,200 of each employee's pay, which is $542.00 for an employee paid $60,000. ## Turnover is cheaper to prevent than to calculate. TeamPredict flags resignation risk early from public LinkedIn signals, giving you lead time to retain your best people before they hand in notice. [Start 30-Day Free Trial](https://app.teampredict.ai/signup) No charge today · Cancel anytime ## Keep reading [Washington Paycheck Calculator No wage tax either, but the employee pays for Paid Family and Medical Leave and the WA Cares long-term care premium. Read more](https://www.teampredict.ai/tools/paycheck-calculator/washington) [Nevada Paycheck Calculator No state income tax and a daily overtime rule too: time and one-half after 8 hours in a day for workers paid under one and a half times the minimum wage. 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