Alaska Minimum Wage Calculator
Alaska’s minimum wage rises from $14 to $15 an hour on July 1, 2027, the step AS 23.10.065(a)(3) enacts (checked October 16, 2026); 40 hours then pay $600 instead of $560, and later rates follow the statute’s Anchorage inflation adjustment. Until June 30, 2027 the general minimum is $14 per hour, in force since July 1, 2026: a five-day schedule of eight hours per day produces $560 gross per week. Tips are additional: Alaska does not allow a tip credit against this minimum.
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Overtime uses the full regular rate before subtracting a permitted tip credit. Retained voluntary tips are additional to the full cash wage. This floor scenario does not calculate pay at a higher agreed rate. Per-workday pay divides the week by the days with hours. Annual figures repeat the rounded weekly result.
Reviewed rate period: 2025-07-01 through 2027-12-31. Gross earnings before taxes or deductions. Annual figures repeat this weekly scenario; they do not combine different rate periods.
Reviewed October 2, 2026 using the Alaska Wage and Hour rate announcement and AS 23.10.065 in the state wage-law booklet.
The July increase changes the rate for work performed
| Work period | Ordinary hourly floor | 40-hour weekly gross, no daily overtime |
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| July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026 | $13 | $520 |
| July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027 | $14 | $560 |
The enacted schedule next sets $15 on July 1, 2027. The form applies that enacted July change and supports reviewed dates through December 2027. A workweek that crosses a rate-change date needs separate payroll treatment; select a week wholly within one rate period. The $29,120 annual result at $14 assumes 52 identical 40-hour weeks, not actual earnings for calendar 2026. AS 23.10.065 rate schedule.
Why four 10-hour days are not the same as five 8-hour days
For ordinary state-covered overtime, Alaska applies time and a half above eight hours in a day or 40 in a week. The worksheet first counts daily overtime, then adds weekly overtime only where it is not already counted. Four ten-hour days have eight overtime hours even though the weekly total is 40. Alaska wage-and-hour poster.
| Schedule at $14 | Overtime hours | Employer cash | Tips | Weekly gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five 8-hour days | 0 | $560.00 | $0.00 | $560.00 |
| Four 10-hour days, no flex exemption | 8 | $616.00 | $0.00 | $616.00 |
| Six 10-hour days | 20 | $980.00 | $0.00 | $980.00 |
| Five 8-hour days plus $200 tips | 0 | $560.00 | $200.00 | $760.00 |
The six-day example has 60 hours: 40 at $14 and 20 at $21, totaling $980. Daily overtime is part of those 20 hours, not an additional premium applied twice.
Approved flexible schedules need a different calculation
An Alaska-approved voluntary flexible work plan can permit up to ten hours a day before daily overtime. The department requires an approved plan and each participating employee’s signed agreement. Merely scheduling four ten-hour days does not establish that exemption. This calculator deliberately uses the ordinary eight-hour rule; an approved flexible plan falls outside its scope. Alaska flexible-plan requirements.
Coverage: small employers and special occupations
The state poster exempts employers with three or fewer employees from its overtime requirement. Federal overtime can still apply independently, so that state exception does not by itself prove that no overtime is due. This tool’s confirmation selects ordinary state overtime coverage with at least four employees.
Alaska also lists exclusions for specified occupations and employment, including some agricultural, fishing, domestic, government, and youth work. Public school bus drivers have a separate statutory wage rule, including a contract-renewal condition for certain contractors. None of those cases should use the ordinary $14 model without checking the relevant provision. State coverage summary; AS 23.10.055–.065.
Tips do not reduce Alaska’s cash floor
The example with $200 in tips still requires $560 in employer wages for the ordinary 40-hour schedule. Total gross becomes $760. There is no $2.13 Alaska tipped-cash option in this state-covered model, and tips do not replace overtime wages. AS 23.10.065(a), tip-credit prohibition.
Taxes, payroll deductions, paid leave, housing benefits, and travel reimbursements are outside these gross-pay totals. Keep actual hours by workday to compare the worksheet with a pay statement.
Other states with full cash wages before tips
The Washington minimum wage, Oregon minimum wage and California minimum wage laws also require their covered minimum cash wage before tips, but their rate periods, geographic rules, and overtime rules differ. Use the workplace’s own page.
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