Alaska · rates effective Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2026 · verified 2026-08-07
Alaska Paycheck Calculator 2026
No state income tax on wages in Alaska, plus 1 employee payroll program on the stub.
Alaska has no income tax on wages, but it is one of the rare states where the employee pays into unemployment insurance: 0.50% of pay up to $54,200, so $271 a year at most. Most quick calculators show Alaska as a flat zero and miss that line.
Official 2026 tables, never copiedSources stamped & dated99 golden tests before publish
CEBy the Calceva data desk · Verified against official sources · Updated 2026-08-07 · 3 min read
Type what your stub prints; every line is recomputed from the official 2026 formulas, in your browser only.
Educational reconciliation, not tax advice. Withholding legitimately varies with your exact W-4 entries; your final bill is set by your return.
The audit report appears here, line by line, stamped.
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Alaska state income tax on wages in 2026
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local wage taxes anywhere in Alaska
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payroll programme deducted from Alaska pay
Alaska withholding rates for 2026
Alaska levies no state income tax on wages in 2026, so there is no state withholding table to publish. What is withheld from a Alaska paycheck is federal, plus any state payroll program listed above.
In nearly every state, unemployment insurance is the employer's bill alone. Alaska is one of the few exceptions: the worker contributes 0.50% of wages, up to the taxable wage base of $54,200 for 2026. That is $271 for anyone earning more than the base, and it appears on the stub. The figure comes from the state labour department's own rate table, and this calculator applies it.
What else does not happen
Nothing else at state level touches an Alaska paycheck. No income tax, no local wage tax, no disability or paid-leave premium. Alaska also pays residents a dividend from its oil fund, which is taxable federally but is not payroll income, so it never appears here. Comparing an Alaska offer against Washington comes down to federal tax plus this one small state line, against Washington's two payroll premiums.
No, and no Alaska municipality taxes wages either. The only state line on your stub is the employee unemployment insurance contribution.
What is the 0.50% deduction on my Alaska pay stub?
Employee unemployment insurance. Alaska is one of the few states that charges workers a share: 0.50% of wages up to $54,200 in 2026, capped at $271 for the year.
Is the Permanent Fund Dividend taxed on my paycheck?
No. The dividend is not payroll income. It is taxable on your federal return, but no state withholding applies to it or to your wages.
We never copy another calculator. Each rate is read from the official document, dated, and re-checked when agencies publish changes. This page's paper trail:
Verified 2026-08-07
Alaska Department of Revenue(secondary source) — No individual income tax on wages. Alaska has never levied a personal income tax on earned income (repealed in 1980); no municipality levies one either.
Verified 2026-08-07
Alaska Department of Labor, Employment Security Tax FAQ (rate table read directly) — Employee unemployment insurance contribution 2026: 0.50% of wages up to a taxable wage base of $54,200, i.e. $271.00 maximum for the year. Alaska is one of the few states where the EMPLOYEE contributes to unemployment insurance, and the amount appears on the pay stub.
Federal lines
Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare on this page follow IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32, Publication 15 and Publication 15-T, verified 2026-08-07. Our federal engine reproduces 2,175 of 2,175 Publication 15-T cells on every build. The six federal sources, itemised.
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