See your Alaska take-home pay after federal tax, Social Security, and Medicare. Alaska has no state income tax. Updated for 2026.
Calculate your take-home pay after all deductions
Enter your annual salary or hourly wage, select your pay frequency and tax filing status, then choose your state. The calculator applies the 2026 federal income tax brackets, FICA taxes (Social Security and Medicare), your state's 2026 income tax brackets, standard deduction and personal exemption, and — for states that have them — mandatory state disability insurance (SDI) or paid family and medical leave (PFML) deductions as separate line items.
| Tax Rate | Taxable Income Range |
|---|---|
| 10% | $0 – $12,400 |
| 12% | $12,401 – $50,400 |
| 22% | $50,401 – $105,700 |
| 24% | $105,701 – $201,775 |
| 32% | $201,776 – $256,225 |
| 35% | $256,226 – $640,600 |
| 37% | Over $640,600 |
Social Security is withheld at 6.2% on wages up to $184,500 (2026 wage base, up from $176,100 in 2025). Medicare is withheld at 1.45% on all wages, plus an additional 0.9% on wages over $200,000.
The standard deduction for 2026 is $16,100 for single filers, $32,200 for married filing jointly, and $24,150 for head of household. This calculator applies the standard deduction before computing federal income tax.
Fourteen states take an employee payroll contribution for disability insurance, paid family leave or a similar program, separate from state income tax. The calculator shows these as their own line item. The 2026 employee rates are: California SDI 1.3% (no wage cap); Colorado FAMLI 0.44%; Connecticut Paid Leave 0.5%; Delaware Paid Leave up to 0.4%; Hawaii TDI 0.5% (capped at about $390 a year); Maine Paid Leave 0.5%; Massachusetts PFML about 0.46%; Minnesota Paid Leave 0.44%; New Jersey TDI 0.19%, FLI 0.23% and unemployment 0.425%; New York PFL 0.432% plus disability insurance of up to $31.20 a year; Oregon Paid Leave 0.6% plus a 0.1% transit tax; Pennsylvania unemployment 0.07%; Rhode Island TDI 1.1% of the first $100,000; and Washington PFML about 0.81% plus WA Cares 0.58%.
Convert between hourly wages and annual/monthly salary
To convert an hourly wage to an annual salary, multiply by the number of hours you work per week, then by 52 weeks. A full-time worker at 40 hours/week multiplies their hourly rate by 2,080 to get their annual gross pay. To go the other way, divide annual salary by 2,080.
Keep in mind that salaried employees are typically "exempt" and don't receive overtime, while hourly workers are often entitled to 1.5× their regular rate for hours over 40 per week.
Find the gross pay needed to hit a specific take-home amount
A gross-up calculation works backwards from a target take-home amount to find the gross pay that produces it. This is useful for negotiating a specific net salary, setting up a one-time bonus that must net a round number after taxes, or reimbursing an employee for an expense without them losing value to withholding.
Because federal income tax is progressive (the rate itself increases as income rises) there's no simple multiplication that works — this calculator numerically solves for the gross amount using the same 2026 federal brackets, FICA, state income tax, state SDI/PFML, 401(k), and health insurance settings as the main paycheck calculator, then verifies the result by running it back through the full withholding calculation.
Calculate your total pay with regular and overtime hours
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), non-exempt employees must receive overtime pay of at least 1.5× their regular rate for any hours worked over 40 in a workweek. Some states (California, Alaska, Nevada) also require daily overtime for hours over 8 in a single day.
Salaried employees earning over the FLSA threshold ($684/week as of 2024 rules) are generally exempt from overtime requirements.
See how a raise impacts your paycheck and annual income
Alaska has no state income tax and no statewide sales tax, so a paycheck here is reduced only by federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare. For the same salary, Alaska take-home pay is tied for the highest in the country.
Each row is a single filer paid every two weeks who takes the standard deduction and has no 401(k) or health insurance deductions. The figures come from the same 2026 tables the calculator above uses.
| Salary | Federal income tax | Social Security & Medicare | Take-home per year | Per paycheck |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $2,620 | $3,060 | $34,320 | $1,320 |
| $60,000 | $5,020 | $4,590 | $50,390 | $1,938 |
| $80,000 | $8,770 | $6,120 | $65,110 | $2,504 |
| $100,000 | $13,170 | $7,650 | $79,180 | $3,045 |
| $150,000 | $24,734 | $11,475 | $113,791 | $4,377 |
On a $60,000 salary, Alaska is tied with eight other states for the highest take-home pay in the country. The same salary leaves $49,558 in Washington and $45,989 in Oregon. At $25 an hour for a 40-hour week ($52,000 a year), take-home pay in Alaska is about $1,691 per biweekly paycheck. A married couple filing jointly on one $100,000 salary keeps about $84,710 a year.
No Alaska city or borough taxes wages.
Alaska is one of only three states where employees pay into state unemployment insurance. The contribution is roughly half a percent of wages up to an annual wage base that the state resets each year. It is a small amount, and the calculator does not include it.
No. Alaska does not tax wages, so no state income tax is withheld from your paycheck.
A single filer earning $60,000 in Alaska takes home about $50,390 a year, or $1,938 per biweekly paycheck. That is after $5,020 in federal income tax and $4,590 in Social Security and Medicare, and assumes the standard deduction with no 401(k) or health insurance deductions.
$25 an hour for 40 hours a week is $52,000 a year. A single filer in Alaska takes home about $43,962 of that, or $1,691 every two weeks.
Yes. Alaska withholds a small employee unemployment insurance contribution, roughly half a percent of wages up to a yearly wage base. Check your pay stub for the current rate, because the state resets it every year.
Sources: Alaska Department of Revenue, Tax Division; Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2026. Figures reviewed October 2026. These are estimates, and your actual withholding may differ.