Alaska has no state income tax, but it is one of the few states where employees pay unemployment insurance. You pay 0.5% of your wages until you have earned $54,200 from your employer in 2026.
2026 tax year, verified Sources
Estimated take-home this week
$963.27
from $1,153.85 gross. You keep 83%.
2026 tax year, rules last verified November 12, 2026. An estimate, not tax advice. How we calculate
Each extra dollar you earn loses about 20¢ to taxes, but across all your pay the average is 16¢. A raise never lowers your take-home: only the dollars above a bracket line pay the higher rate.
| Annual pay | Effective | Marginal |
|---|---|---|
| $15,000 | 8.2% | 8.2% |
| $30,000 | 12.9% | 20.2% |
| $45,000 | 15.3% | 20.2% |
| $60,000 | 16.5% | 19.7% |
| $75,000 | 18.2% | 29.6% |
| $90,000 | 20.1% | 29.6% |
| $105,000 | 21.5% | 29.6% |
| $120,000 | 22.5% | 29.6% |
| $135,000 | 23.5% | 31.6% |
| $150,000 | 24.3% | 31.6% |
Your take-home changes during the year as wage caps and thresholds are reached.
Same pay, W-4 and benefits; each state’s default withholding answers, no local taxes. Take-home per week:
There is no Alaska withholding certificate and no state income tax withholding, so bonuses and overtime only add federal tax and FICA.
The one state deduction is unemployment insurance. Your employer takes 0.5% of each check until your wages from that employer reach the $54,200 taxable wage base, then the deduction stops for the rest of the year.
The wage base is per employer. If you change jobs mid-year, the new employer starts again from zero.
| Item | 2026 amount |
|---|---|
| Employee rate | 0.5% |
| Taxable wage base | $54,200 |
| Maximum employee contribution | $271.00 |
| On a $1,000 paycheck | $5.00 |
Single filer, standard W-4, no benefits, paid weekly. Alaska takes no income tax, so the only deductions are federal income tax and FICA plus state payroll contributions.
| Line | Per week | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $1,000.00 | $52,000.00 |
| Federal income tax | −$78.08 | −$4,060.16 |
| Social Security | −$62.00 | −$3,224.00 |
| Medicare | −$14.50 | −$754.00 |
| Alaska unemployment insurance (employee) | −$5.00 | −$260.00 |
| Take-home pay | $840.42 | $43,701.84 |
Single filer, standard W-4, no benefits, no local tax. Per-week amounts; annual totals account for the Social Security wage cap.
| Salary | Gross / week | Federal | FICA | Alaska | Take-home / week | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $30,000 | $576.92 | $27.31 | $44.14 | $2.88 | $502.59 | $26,135 |
| $40,000 | $769.23 | $50.38 | $58.84 | $3.85 | $656.16 | $34,120 |
| $50,000 | $961.54 | $73.46 | $73.56 | $4.81 | $809.71 | $42,105 |
| $60,000 | $1,153.85 | $96.54 | $88.27 | $5.77 | $963.27 | $50,119 |
| $75,000 | $1,442.31 | $147.50 | $110.33 | $7.21 | $1,177.27 | $61,322 |
| $100,000 | $1,923.08 | $253.27 | $147.11 | $9.62 | $1,513.08 | $78,909 |
| $150,000 | $2,884.62 | $475.65 | $220.68 | $14.42 | $2,173.87 | $113,520 |
Married filing jointly with two children on $100,000: $1,704.05 a week ($88,840 a year).
None. No Alaska borough or city taxes wages. Some local governments have sales taxes, which do not affect your paycheck.
Unemployment insurance is the only employee payroll deduction Alaska requires.
Only $5.00 for unemployment insurance, until your wages hit $54,200. Federal income tax and FICA still apply.
Once this employer has paid you $54,200 in 2026. At $1,500 a week that happens during week 37; at $1,000 a week you never reach it, because $52,000 a year is under the wage base.
No. The PFD is not wages, so nothing is withheld from it by your employer. It is taxable federal income that you report on your federal return.
No. Alaska taxes no one’s wages, residents or not. Nonresident seasonal workers may owe income tax to their home state.
Alaska rules for the 2026 tax year, last verified November 12, 2026. Federal sources are on the methodology page.
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