Alaska Paycheck Calculator (2026)

Alaska has never taxed wages at the state level, and it is the only state with neither an income tax nor a statewide sales tax. The oil industry pays for most of the state government through production and property taxes on North Slope infrastructure, and the Permanent Fund, seeded with oil royalties in 1976, throws off enough investment income to fund a large share of the budget and still mail every eligible resident an annual dividend.

There is one small deduction you will not see in most other states. Alaska is one of only three states (with New Jersey and Pennsylvania) that requires employees to chip in for unemployment insurance, currently 0.5% of wages up to an annual cap that sits a little above $50,000. On a $60,000 salary that is roughly $250 a year, small but visible on every pay stub. Nothing else comes out for state programs; there is no paid-leave or disability contribution.

Local governments make up the difference with property taxes and, in many boroughs and cities, local sales taxes. Juneau charges 5%, the Kenai Peninsula and Fairbanks North Star boroughs have their own rates, while Anchorage has no sales tax at all and leans on property tax instead. Because there is no state income tax, Alaska has no reciprocity agreements; if you live in Alaska but work remotely for a company in a taxing state, only that state's sourcing rules matter.