Alaska Payroll

Paying Employees in Alaska

Alaska 2021 Minimum Wage: $10.34 per hour (no tip credit permitted)

Alaska Overtime Rules: Non-exempt employees must be paid 1.5 x’s the regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 8 in a workday or over 40 in a workweek

Alaska Paystub Requirements:

The stub must include 

• Number of regular and overtime hours
• Pay rate
• Gross pay
• Taxes
• Voluntary deductions
• Beginning and ending dates of the pay period

How often do you have to pay employees in Alaska?

• Monthly or semi-monthly is the standard

When is an employee’s final check due in Alaska?

• Involuntary termination – 3 days (not counting weekends/holidays)
• Voluntary resignation – next regular payday (that’s 3+ days after final work day)

Alaska Withholding Tax 

• N/A no state income tax

Alaska Unemployment Tax

Alaska Unemployment Tax Registration

• Register online on myAlaska.gov

Alaska Unemployment Tax Employer Liabilities

• New employer rate: Varies – assigned by the state
• 2021 Wage Base: $43,600

Alaska Unemployment Tax Due Dates

• Return and payment are due quarterly on the last day of the month following the end of the reporting period

Alaska New Hire Reporting

• MS 14 New Hire Reporting Section
  Child Support Services Division
  550 W 7th Ave Ste 310
  Anchorage, AK 99510-0380
• Phone: 877-269-6685
• Fax: 907-787-3197
• Submit new hires online on myAlaska.gov

Alaska Child Support

• Department of Revenue
  Child Support Services Division
  PO Box 100380
  Anchorage, AK 99510-0380
• Phone: 907-269-6900
• Submit payments online on myAlaska.gov

Resources

• Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development
• Alaska Department of Revenue – Chidl Support Services Division
• my.alaska.gov