Alaska paycheck calculator for 2026
Type your pay before tax and how often it lands. See what federal tax, Social Security, Medicare take, and what's left, per paycheck and for the year.
Checked October 22, 2026
Alaska has no state income tax on wages. On $60,000 a year, single, paid every two weeks, take-home in Alaska comes to about $1,928 a paycheck. The calculator below works it out for your pay.
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Take-home pay
$2,082per paycheck
| Line | Per paycheck | A year |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $2,500 | $65,000 |
| Federal income tax | −$216 | −$5,620 |
| Social Security (6.2%) | −$155 | −$4,030 |
| Medicare (1.45%) | −$36 | −$943 |
| Alaska income tax | $0 | $0 |
| Unemployment insurance (employee share) | −$10 | −$271 |
| Take-home | $2,082 | $54,137 |
An estimate for 2026: the year's income tax spread evenly over your paychecks, using the standard deduction. Your employer uses the IRS withholding tables and your W-4, so a real paycheck can be a little different. Credits (like the child tax credit), other income and local taxes aren't included.
How Alaska taxes a paycheck
- Alaska has no individual income tax, so no state income tax is withheld from a paycheck.
- Workers do pay a share of unemployment insurance: the 2026 employee rate is 0.50% of wages up to a taxable wage base of $54,200, which is at most $271 a year.
- Alaska's Tax Division points to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development for the unemployment insurance tax.
What else comes out of a Alaska paycheck
- Unemployment insurance (employee share): 0.5% of wages, on the first $54,200.
A worked example
$60,000 a year, single, paid every two weeks (26 paychecks of $2,307.69), with nothing taken out before tax:
| Line | Per paycheck | A year |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $2,308 | $60,000 |
| Federal income tax | $193 | $5,020 |
| Social Security | $143 | $3,720 |
| Medicare | $33 | $870 |
| Unemployment insurance (employee share) | $10 | $271 |
| Take-home | $1,928 | $50,119 |
Other states
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Questions people ask
How much is $60,000 a year after taxes in Alaska?
About $50,119 a year, or $1,928 a paycheck paid every two weeks, for a single filer with no 401(k) or health insurance through work. Federal income tax is $5,020, Social Security $3,720, Medicare $870, plus $271 for Unemployment insurance (employee share).
Does Alaska have a state income tax?
No. Alaska doesn't tax wages, so only federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare come out of a paycheck, plus Unemployment insurance (employee share).
Sources
9 sources · read October 22, 2026
Every number on this page comes from tax.alaska.gov, labor.alaska.gov and irs.gov. If a source has changed since, the source is right.
- 1Alaska Department of Revenue, Tax Division: Personal Incometax.alaska.gov
- 2Alaska Department of Labor: 2026 Unemployment Insurance Tax Rateslabor.alaska.gov
- 3Alaska Department of Labor: Employment Security Tax FAQlabor.alaska.gov
- 4IRS: Rev. Proc. 2025-32 (2026 tax brackets and standard deduction)irs.gov
- 5IRS: Topic 751, Social Security and Medicare withholding rates (2026 wage base $184,500)irs.gov
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