This free Alaska paycheck calculator shows your 2026 take-home pay. Alaska has no state income tax. The Alaska Department of Revenue says employers withhold nothing for state income tax. So the only taxes taken from your wages are federal ones. Those are federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare.
Alaska has no borough or city income tax either. Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau take nothing extra from your pay. One small deduction does surprise new Alaska workers. The state takes a little unemployment insurance money out of employee wages. The second section below explains it, and this calculator leaves it out.
How Alaska taxes your paycheck in 2026
Alaska charges no personal income tax on wages. There is no state return to file and no state withholding line on your pay stub. That leaves three federal taxes. You pay federal income tax withholding. You pay Social Security at 6.2% of wages up to the 2026 wage base of $184,500. You pay Medicare at 1.45%, plus an extra 0.9% on wages above $200,000.
A single filer earning $60,000 in Alaska keeps about $50,390 a year. That works out to $1,938 per biweekly paycheck. The effective total tax rate is 16.0%. Every dollar of that tax goes to the federal government. A state with an income tax would take a few thousand dollars more from the same salary.
Alaska raises its money from oil, gas, mining and fishing instead of from your wages. Those industries pay production and royalty taxes to the state. That is the whole reason your pay stub looks so short. It is also why Alaska revenue rises and falls with the price of oil.
The Alaska payroll deduction nobody expects
Unemployment insurance pays a weekly benefit to workers who lose a job through no fault of their own. In 47 states the employer pays the whole cost. Alaska is one of only three states that takes part of it from employee wages. New Jersey and Pennsylvania are the other two. So an Alaska pay stub has a line that a Texas or Florida pay stub does not.
The employee share for 2026 is 0.50% of your first $54,200 of wages. That caps your yearly cost at $271. Once you have earned $54,200 in the year, the deduction stops. Your employer pays a separate rate on top of your share. Only your half comes out of your gross pay.
This calculator does not include the Alaska unemployment deduction. The result you see above is federal tax only. To get your true pay stub figure, subtract your own unemployment share as well. For a full-year worker earning $54,200 or more, that is $271 across the year. Your pay stub will label it ESC, SUI or Employee UI.
Sales tax and the Permanent Fund Dividend
Alaska has no statewide sales tax. Towns are allowed to charge their own, and 107 of them do. Local rates run from 1% to 7%. So your cost of living depends on the town you pick. Anchorage charges no general sales tax. Juneau and Ketchikan both do. None of this touches your paycheck.
Alaska residents can also apply for the Permanent Fund Dividend. It is a yearly payment funded by the state oil savings account. The 2025 dividend was $1,000 per eligible resident. The 2026 amount was still unsettled in August 2026. We will not guess at it here, because the figure changes with oil money and legislature votes.
The dividend is not wage income, so it never shows up on your pay stub. It is still taxed on your federal return. Alaska does not tax it, but the IRS does. No federal tax is withheld from the payment when it arrives. Set some of it aside so your April tax bill does not catch you out.
Alaska paycheck FAQ
- How much is $60,000 after taxes in Alaska?
- Take a single filer with no pre-tax deductions. That worker keeps about $50,390 a year, $1,938 per biweekly paycheck, 16.0% total tax rate. Every dollar of that tax is federal, because Alaska has no state income tax. The figure leaves out the employee unemployment deduction of up to $271 a year.
- How much is $100,000 after taxes in Alaska?
- Take a single filer with no pre-tax deductions. That worker keeps about $79,180 a year, $3,045 per biweekly paycheck, 20.8% total tax rate. That covers federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare. Alaska adds no state income tax on top. The employee unemployment deduction is not included.
- Does Alaska have a state income tax?
- No. Alaska charges no personal income tax on wages. The Department of Revenue confirms that employers withhold nothing for state income tax. There is no state return for wage earners. There is no borough or city income tax either.
- Why is unemployment money taken out of my Alaska paycheck?
- Alaska law splits the cost of unemployment insurance between you and your employer. Only three states do this. Alaska, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Your share for 2026 is 0.50% of your first $54,200 of wages. That is $271 at the very most for the year.
- Does this calculator include the Alaska unemployment deduction?
- No. The result above covers federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare only. Subtract your own unemployment share yourself. It is 0.50% of your first $54,200 of 2026 wages, so up to $271 a year. Look for ESC or SUI on your pay stub.
- Is the Permanent Fund Dividend taxed?
- Alaska does not tax it, but the IRS does. You report the dividend on your federal return as income. No federal tax is taken out before the money reaches you. The 2025 payment was $1,000. The 2026 amount was not set yet as of August 2026.
- Does Alaska have a sales tax?
- Not at the state level. Towns may charge their own, and 107 do, at rates from 1% to 7%. Anchorage charges no general sales tax. Juneau does. Sales tax is paid at the store, so it never appears on your pay stub.
Sources
- Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division programs
- Alaska Department of Labor — 2026 unemployment tax rates
- Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend — tax information
All sources accessed and figures verified August 2026.