Hourly pay after taxes in Alaska
$20 an hour in Alaska comes to $1,361.45 every two weeks after taxes, for a single person working full time.
Updated for 2026Checked Oct 29, 2026 against IRS and Alaska Legislature sourcesHow we check
Take-home pay by hourly wage, 2026
| Wage | Two weeks | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $14.00 | $978.17 | $2,119 | $25,432 |
| $18.00 | $1,233.69 | $2,673 | $32,076 |
| $20.00 | $1,361.45 | $2,950 | $35,398 |
| $22.00 | $1,489.21 | $3,227 | $38,719 |
| $25.00 | $1,680.85 | $3,642 | $43,702 |
| $30.00 | $2,000.25 | $4,334 | $52,007 |
| $35.00 | $2,295.42 | $4,973 | $59,681 |
| $40.00 | $2,574.82 | $5,579 | $66,945 |
| $50.00 | $3,133.62 | $6,790 | $81,474 |
Every column after the wage is take-home pay. Each row assumes 40 hours a week all year, one paycheck every two weeks, single, no dependents, and no benefits taken out. The monthly and yearly columns are that paycheck times 26. Use the paycheck calculator for your own hours and deductions.
What comes out of an hourly paycheck
At $25 an hour, a two-week paycheck in Alaska starts at $2,000.00 and ends at $1,680.85.
| Federal income tax | $156.15 |
| Social Security | $124.00 |
| Medicare | $29.00 |
| Alaska income tax | $0.00 |
| Alaska unemployment insurance (employee contribution) | $10.00 |
Alaska takes no income tax from wages, so the only income tax on an Alaska hourly check is federal. Social Security and Medicare come out as they do everywhere. The one state deduction is unemployment insurance, a charge most states place on the employer. Alaska takes 0.50 percent of wages from the worker, on the first $54,200 of wages from each employer, and it has no state disability or paid family leave program.
That small line is why the gap between gross and take-home pay here is mostly the federal government's. In the higher rows it also stops partway through the year, once your wages from one employer pass the $54,200 limit.
What changes your number
With no state income tax in the way, only the federal side moves your Alaska take-home as you earn more. Moving up the table changes only the federal bracket and leaves the flat Social Security and Medicare shares alone, while the state adds just the capped unemployment line.
Timing is the Alaska twist. The state changes its minimum wage on July 1 rather than in January, so the first row of this table shifts in the middle of a year, not at the start of one. A worker whose pay is tied to the minimum sees the raise in the second half of the calendar year.
Hours matter too. At $20 an hour and 30 hours a week instead of 40, a two-week paycheck in Alaska comes to $1,042.05.
The minimum wage in Alaska
The minimum wage in Alaska is $14.00 an hour, and a full-time worker at $14 takes home about $2,119 a month. It rises to $15.00 on Jul 1, 2027. Alaska's statute sets the July 1 steps, then ties later years to inflation.
Sources and checks
Checked on Oct 29, 2026. Source: Alaska Statutes 43.20.012(a) (akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp, section 43.20.012, fetched Oct 29, 2026): "The tax imposed by this chapter does not apply to (1) an individual; (2) a fiduciary..." Alaska's net income tax on individuals was repealed by chapter 1, SSSLA 1980 (the repeal notes run through AS 43.20.011); only corporations still pay it.
Disability: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Employment Security Tax, "What is the taxable wage base for this year?" (labor.alaska.gov/estax/faq/w1.htm, fetched Oct 29, 2026), table row for 2026: "$54,200 | 1.50% | 0.50% | $271.00" (wage base, standard employer rate, employee rate, employee total). Alaska Statutes 23.20.290(d) (fetched Oct 29, 2026): the employee rate is set from the average benefit cost rate and "may not be less than one-half percent or more than one percent." No Alaska statute or state agency program provides a disability or paid family leave payroll deduction (the department's Employment Security Tax section collects only unemployment insurance contributions).
Local taxes: Alaska Statutes 43.20.290, "Exclusive state authority" (akleg.gov, section 43.20.290, fetched Oct 29, 2026): "No tax may be levied and collected upon the net income of resident or nonresident individuals by a general law city or by a home rule city or any other political subdivision of the state."
Minimum wage: Alaska Statutes 23.10.065(a) (akleg.gov, section 23.10.065, fetched Oct 29, 2026), as amended by Ballot Measure 1 (2024): "(2) effective July 1, 2026, the minimum wage shall be $14.00 per hour; (3) effective July 1, 2027, the minimum wage shall be $15.00 per hour; and (4) thereafter the minimum wage shall be adjusted annually for inflation." The next change is July 1, 2027, not Jan. 1. The department's own minimum wage page (labor.alaska.gov/lss/whact.htm, fetched Oct 29, 2026) still lists $13.00 from July 1, 2025 as the latest rate and has not been updated for July 1, 2026; the statute governs.
Federal withholding: IRS Publication 15-T (2026), Worksheet 1A and its "2026 Percentage Method Tables for Automated Payroll Systems and Withholding on Periodic Payments of Pensions and Annuities," pages 10 to 12. Fetched directly from irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15t.pdf and transcribed Oct 28, 2026.
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