The minimum wage is 14 USD per hour for each employee. agriculture employees: excluded from the minimum wage. fishing employees: excluded from the minimum wage. shrimp handpickers: excluded from the minimum wage. domestic service employees: excluded from the minimum wage. public employees: excluded from the minimum wage. nonprofit volunteers: excluded from the minimum wage. newspaper delivery employees: excluded from the minimum wage. watchmen or caretakers: excluded from the minimum wage. bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employees: excluded from the minimum wage. outside salesmen and straight commission salesmen: excluded from the minimum wage. computer professionals: excluded from the minimum wage. mineral search employees: excluded from the minimum wage. part-time workers under 18: excluded from the minimum wage. resident house parents at nonprofit educational or child care facilities: excluded from the minimum wage. taxicab drivers: excluded from the minimum wage. licensed guides: excluded from the minimum wage. Alaska temporary assistance program work activity participants: excluded from the minimum wage. volunteer emergency medical, fire, and ski patrol: excluded from the minimum wage. University of Alaska practicum students: excluded from the minimum wage. motor vehicle dealer employees: excluded from the minimum wage.
Effective from until ; verified on . The state rule (Alaska) is the highest of the 2 levels compared; every level is listed below.
The minimum wage is 7.25 USD per hour for Covered, nonexempt workers. tipped employees: 2.13 USD per hour. employees under 20 years of age (youth minimum wage): 4.25 USD per hour. Executive, administrative, and professional employees, outside sales employees, and employees in certain computer-related occupations: excluded from the minimum wage. Employees of certain seasonal amusement or recreational establishments, certain small newspapers, seamen on foreign vessels, fishing operations, newspaper delivery: excluded from the minimum wage. Farmworkers of small farm employers: excluded from the minimum wage. Casual babysitters and companions to the elderly or infirm: excluded from the minimum wage.
Version 3 · effective from · verified on
Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Amount
7.25
Currency
USD
Per unit
hour
Applies to
Covered, nonexempt workers
Exceptions
Amount
2.13
Category
tipped employees
Condition
individuals engaged in occupations in which they customarily and regularly receive more than $30 a month in tips. The employer may consider tips as part of wages, but the employer must pay at least $2.13 an hour in direct wages.
Amount
4.25
Category
employees under 20 years of age (youth minimum wage)
Condition
permitted for employees under 20 years of age during their first 90 consecutive calendar days of employment with an employer
Category
Executive, administrative, and professional employees, outside sales employees, and employees in certain computer-related occupations
Excluded
yes
Condition
Exemptions from Both Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay: Executive, administrative, and professional employees (including teachers and academic administrative personnel in elementary and secondary schools), outside sales employees, and employees in certain computer-related occupations (as defined in DOL regulations)
State: Alaskaanswers
The minimum wage is 14 USD per hour for each employee. agriculture employees: excluded from the minimum wage. fishing employees: excluded from the minimum wage. shrimp handpickers: excluded from the minimum wage. domestic service employees: excluded from the minimum wage. public employees: excluded from the minimum wage. nonprofit volunteers: excluded from the minimum wage. newspaper delivery employees: excluded from the minimum wage. watchmen or caretakers: excluded from the minimum wage. bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employees: excluded from the minimum wage. outside salesmen and straight commission salesmen: excluded from the minimum wage. computer professionals: excluded from the minimum wage. mineral search employees: excluded from the minimum wage. part-time workers under 18: excluded from the minimum wage. resident house parents at nonprofit educational or child care facilities: excluded from the minimum wage. taxicab drivers: excluded from the minimum wage. licensed guides: excluded from the minimum wage. Alaska temporary assistance program work activity participants: excluded from the minimum wage. volunteer emergency medical, fire, and ski patrol: excluded from the minimum wage. University of Alaska practicum students: excluded from the minimum wage. motor vehicle dealer employees: excluded from the minimum wage.
Version 3 · effective from until · verified on
Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Amount
14
Currency
USD
Per unit
hour
Applies to
each employee
Exceptions
Category
agriculture employees
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual employed in agriculture
Category
fishing employees
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual employed in the catching, trapping, cultivating, farming, netting, or taking of any kind of fish, shellfish, or other aquatic forms of animal and vegetable life
Category
shrimp handpickers
Upcoming changes
From : State (Alaska)amendment
minimum_wage in us-ak: version 4, effective 2027-07-01, published (amendment); replaces version 3
The minimum wage is 15 USD per hour for each employee. agriculture employees: excluded from the minimum wage. fishing employees: excluded from the minimum wage. shrimp handpickers: excluded from the minimum wage. domestic service employees: excluded from the minimum wage. public employees: excluded from the minimum wage. nonprofit volunteers: excluded from the minimum wage. newspaper delivery employees: excluded from the minimum wage. watchmen or caretakers: excluded from the minimum wage. bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employees: excluded from the minimum wage. outside salesmen and straight commission salesmen: excluded from the minimum wage. computer professionals: excluded from the minimum wage. mineral search employees: excluded from the minimum wage. part-time workers under 18: excluded from the minimum wage. resident house parents at nonprofit educational or child care facilities: excluded from the minimum wage. taxicab drivers: excluded from the minimum wage. licensed guides: excluded from the minimum wage. Alaska temporary assistance program work activity participants: excluded from the minimum wage. volunteer emergency medical, fire, and ski patrol: excluded from the minimum wage. University of Alaska practicum students: excluded from the minimum wage. motor vehicle dealer employees: excluded from the minimum wage.
Version 4 · effective from · verified on
Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Amount
15
Currency
USD
Per unit
hour
Applies to
each employee
Exceptions
Category
agriculture employees
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual employed in agriculture
Category
fishing employees
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual employed in the catching, trapping, cultivating, farming, netting, or taking of any kind of fish, shellfish, or other aquatic forms of animal and vegetable life
Change history
Federal: United States
Version
Effective
Published
Change
Value
2superseded
new
minimum_wage in us: version 2, effective 2026-10-23, published (new)
The minimum wage is 7.25 USD per hour for employees engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, or employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce. Newly hired employees who are less than 20 years old: 4.25 USD per hour.
3in effect
correction
minimum_wage in us: version 3, effective 2009-07-24, published (correction); replaces version 2. Replaces version 2 (published effective 2026-10-23, the fetch date; its source stated no date)
The minimum wage is 7.25 USD per hour for Covered, nonexempt workers. tipped employees: 2.13 USD per hour. employees under 20 years of age (youth minimum wage): 4.25 USD per hour. Executive, administrative, and professional employees, outside sales employees, and employees in certain computer-related occupations: excluded from the minimum wage. Employees of certain seasonal amusement or recreational establishments, certain small newspapers, seamen on foreign vessels, fishing operations, newspaper delivery: excluded from the minimum wage. Farmworkers of small farm employers: excluded from the minimum wage. Casual babysitters and companions to the elderly or infirm: excluded from the minimum wage.
State: Alaska
Version
Effective
Published
Change
Value
4
amendment
minimum_wage in us-ak: version 4, effective 2027-07-01, published (amendment); replaces version 3
The minimum wage is 15 USD per hour for each employee. agriculture employees: excluded from the minimum wage. fishing employees: excluded from the minimum wage. shrimp handpickers: excluded from the minimum wage. domestic service employees: excluded from the minimum wage. public employees: excluded from the minimum wage. nonprofit volunteers: excluded from the minimum wage. newspaper delivery employees: excluded from the minimum wage. watchmen or caretakers: excluded from the minimum wage. bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employees: excluded from the minimum wage. outside salesmen and straight commission salesmen: excluded from the minimum wage. computer professionals: excluded from the minimum wage. mineral search employees: excluded from the minimum wage. part-time workers under 18: excluded from the minimum wage. resident house parents at nonprofit educational or child care facilities: excluded from the minimum wage. taxicab drivers: excluded from the minimum wage. licensed guides: excluded from the minimum wage. Alaska temporary assistance program work activity participants: excluded from the minimum wage. volunteer emergency medical, fire, and ski patrol: excluded from the minimum wage. University of Alaska practicum students: excluded from the minimum wage. motor vehicle dealer employees: excluded from the minimum wage.
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Category
Employees of certain seasonal amusement or recreational establishments, certain small newspapers, seamen on foreign vessels, fishing operations, newspaper delivery
Excluded
yes
Condition
Exemptions from Both Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay: Employees of certain seasonal amusement or recreational establishments, employees of certain small newspapers, seamen employed on foreign vessels, employees engaged in fishing operations, and employees engaged in newspaper delivery
Category
Farmworkers of small farm employers
Excluded
yes
Condition
Exemptions from Both Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay: Farmworkers employed by anyone who used no more than 500 “man-days” of farm labor in any calendar quarter of the preceding calendar year
Category
Casual babysitters and companions to the elderly or infirm
Excluded
yes
Condition
Exemptions from Both Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay: Casual babysitters and persons employed as companions to the elderly or infirm.
Covered, nonexempt workers are entitled to a minimum wage of $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009. … Tipped employees are individuals engaged in occupations in which they customarily and regularly receive more than $30 a month in tips. The employer may consider tips as part of wages, but the employer must pay at least $2.13 an hour in direct wages. … A minimum wage of not less than $4.25 an hour is permitted for employees under 20 years of age during their first 90 consecutive calendar days of employment with an employer. … Exemptions from Both Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay … Executive, administrative, and professional employees (including teachers and academic administrative personnel in elementary and secondary schools), outside sales employees, and employees in certain computer-related occupations (as defined in DOL regulations); … Employees of certain seasonal amusement or recreational establishments, employees of certain small newspapers, seamen employed on foreign vessels, employees engaged in fishing operations, and employees engaged in newspaper delivery; … Farmworkers employed by anyone who used no more than 500 “man-days” of farm labor in any calendar quarter of the preceding calendar year; … Casual babysitters and persons employed as companions to the elderly or infirm.
(C) $7.25 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th day; … (1) In lieu of the rate prescribed by subsection (a)(1), any employer may pay any employee of such employer, during the first 90 consecutive calendar days after such employee is initially employed by such employer, a wage which is not less than $4.25 an hour. … (5) This subsection shall only apply to an employee who has not attained the age of 20 years
an individual employed in the handpicking of shrimp
Category
domestic service employees
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual employed in domestic service, including a babysitter, in or about a private home
Category
public employees
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual employed by the United States or by the state or a political subdivision of the state, except as provided in AS 23.10.065(b), including prisoners not on furlough detained or confined in prison facilities
Category
nonprofit volunteers
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual engaged in the nonprofit activities of a nonprofit religious, charitable, cemetery, or educational organization or other nonprofit organization where the employer-employee relationship does not, in fact, exist
Category
newspaper delivery employees
Excluded
yes
Condition
an employee engaged in the delivery of newspapers to the consumer
Category
watchmen or caretakers
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual employed solely as a watchman or caretaker of a plant or property that is not in productive use for a period of four months or more
Category
bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employees
Excluded
yes
Condition
shall be compensated on a salary or fee basis at a rate of not less than two times the state minimum wage for the first 40 hours of employment each week, exclusive of board or lodging that is furnished by the individual's employer
Category
outside salesmen and straight commission salesmen
Excluded
yes
Condition
in the capacity of an outside salesman or a salesman who is employed on a straight commission basis
Category
computer professionals
Excluded
yes
Condition
as a computer systems analyst, computer programmer, software engineer, or other similarly skilled worker
Category
mineral search employees
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual employed in the search for placer or hard rock minerals
Category
part-time workers under 18
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual under 18 years of age employed on a part-time basis not more than 30 hours in a week
Category
resident house parents at nonprofit educational or child care facilities
Excluded
yes
Condition
employment by a nonprofit educational or child care facility to serve as a parent of children while the children are in residence at the facility if the employment requires residence at the facility and is compensated on a cash basis exclusive of room and board at an annual rate of not less than $10,000 for an unmarried person or $15,000 for a married couple
Category
taxicab drivers
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual who drives a taxicab, who is compensated for taxicab services exclusively by customers of the service, under flat-rate written contractual arrangements as described
Category
licensed guides
Excluded
yes
Condition
a person who holds a license under AS 08.54 and who is employed by a registered guide-outfitter or master guide-outfitter licensed under AS 08.54, for the first 60 workdays in which the person is employed by the registered guide-outfitter or master guide-outfitter during a calendar year
Category
Alaska temporary assistance program work activity participants
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual engaged in activities for a nonprofit religious, charitable, civic, cemetery, recreational, or educational organization where the employer-employee relationship does not, in fact, exist, and where services are rendered to the organization under a work activity requirement of AS 47.27
Category
volunteer emergency medical, fire, and ski patrol
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual who provides emergency medical services only on a voluntary basis; serves with a full-time fire department only on a voluntary basis; or provides ski patrol services on a voluntary basis
Category
University of Alaska practicum students
Excluded
yes
Condition
a student participating in a University of Alaska practicum described under AS 14.40.065
Category
motor vehicle dealer employees
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual who is employed by a motor vehicle dealer and whose primary duty is to receive, analyze, or reference requests for service; arrange financing for the sale of motor vehicles; or solicit, sell, lease, or exchange motor vehicles
Except as otherwise provided for in law, an employer shall pay to each employee a minimum wage, as established herein, for hours worked in a pay period … (2) effective July 1, 2026, the minimum wage shall be $14.00 per hour; … The provisions of AS 23.10.050 23.10.150 do not apply to … (1) an individual employed in agriculture … (2) an individual employed in the catching, trapping, cultivating, farming, netting, or taking of any kind of fish, shellfish, or other aquatic forms of animal and vegetable life … (3) an individual employed in the handpicking of shrimp … (4) an individual employed in domestic service, including a babysitter, in or about a private home … (5) an individual employed by the United States or by the state or a political subdivision of the state, except as provided in AS 23.10.065(b), including prisoners not on furlough detained or confined in prison facilities … (6) an individual engaged in the nonprofit activities of a nonprofit religious, charitable, cemetery, or educational organization or other nonprofit organization where the employer-employee relationship does not, in fact, exist … (7) an employee engaged in the delivery of newspapers to the consumer … (8) an individual employed solely as a watchman or caretaker of a plant or property that is not in productive use for a period of four months or more … (9) an individual employed … (B) in the capacity of an outside salesman or a salesman who is employed on a straight commission basis … (C) as a computer systems analyst, computer programmer, software engineer, or other similarly skilled worker … (10) an individual employed in the search for placer or hard rock minerals … (11) an individual under 18 years of age employed on a part-time basis not more than 30 hours in a week … (12) employment by a nonprofit educational or child care facility to serve as a parent of children while the children are in residence at the facility if the employment requires residence at the facility and is compensated on a cash basis exclusive of room and board at an annual rate of not less than … (A) $10,000 for an unmarried person; or … (B) $15,000 for a married couple; … (13) an individual who drives a taxicab, who is compensated for taxicab services exclusively by customers of the service … (14) a person who holds a license under AS 08.54 and who is employed by a registered guide-outfitter or master guide-outfitter licensed under AS 08.54, for the first 60 workdays in which the person is employed by the registered guide-outfitter or master guide-outfitter during a calendar year … (15) an individual engaged in activities for a nonprofit religious, charitable, civic, cemetery, recreational, or educational organization where the employer-employee relationship does not, in fact, exist, and where services are rendered to the organization under a work activity requirement of AS 47.27 (Alaska temporary assistance program) … (16) an individual who … (A) provides emergency medical services only on a voluntary basis … (B) serves with a full-time fire department only on a voluntary basis … (C) provides ski patrol services on a voluntary basis … (17) a student participating in a University of Alaska practicum described under AS 14.40.065 … (18) an individual who is employed by a motor vehicle dealer and whose primary duty is to … an individual employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity shall be compensated on a salary or fee basis at a rate of not less than two times the state minimum wage for the first 40 hours of employment each week, exclusive of board or lodging that is furnished by the individual's employer. … an employer shall pay to each person employed as a public school bus driver wages at a rate of not less than two times the minimum wage established under (a) of this section
an individual employed in the handpicking of shrimp
Category
domestic service employees
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual employed in domestic service, including a babysitter, in or about a private home
Category
public employees
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual employed by the United States or by the state or a political subdivision of the state, except as provided in AS 23.10.065(b), including prisoners not on furlough detained or confined in prison facilities
Category
nonprofit volunteers
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual engaged in the nonprofit activities of a nonprofit religious, charitable, cemetery, or educational organization or other nonprofit organization where the employer-employee relationship does not, in fact, exist
Category
newspaper delivery employees
Excluded
yes
Condition
an employee engaged in the delivery of newspapers to the consumer
Category
watchmen or caretakers
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual employed solely as a watchman or caretaker of a plant or property that is not in productive use for a period of four months or more
Category
bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employees
Excluded
yes
Condition
shall be compensated on a salary or fee basis at a rate of not less than two times the state minimum wage for the first 40 hours of employment each week, exclusive of board or lodging that is furnished by the individual's employer
Category
outside salesmen and straight commission salesmen
Excluded
yes
Condition
in the capacity of an outside salesman or a salesman who is employed on a straight commission basis
Category
computer professionals
Excluded
yes
Condition
as a computer systems analyst, computer programmer, software engineer, or other similarly skilled worker
Category
mineral search employees
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual employed in the search for placer or hard rock minerals
Category
part-time workers under 18
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual under 18 years of age employed on a part-time basis not more than 30 hours in a week
Category
resident house parents at nonprofit educational or child care facilities
Excluded
yes
Condition
employment by a nonprofit educational or child care facility to serve as a parent of children while the children are in residence at the facility if the employment requires residence at the facility and is compensated on a cash basis exclusive of room and board at an annual rate of not less than $10,000 for an unmarried person or $15,000 for a married couple
Category
taxicab drivers
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual who drives a taxicab, who is compensated for taxicab services exclusively by customers of the service, under flat-rate written contractual arrangements as described
Category
licensed guides
Excluded
yes
Condition
a person who holds a license under AS 08.54 and who is employed by a registered guide-outfitter or master guide-outfitter licensed under AS 08.54, for the first 60 workdays in which the person is employed by the registered guide-outfitter or master guide-outfitter during a calendar year
Category
Alaska temporary assistance program work activity participants
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual engaged in activities for a nonprofit religious, charitable, civic, cemetery, recreational, or educational organization where the employer-employee relationship does not, in fact, exist, and where services are rendered to the organization under a work activity requirement of AS 47.27
Category
volunteer emergency medical, fire, and ski patrol
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual who provides emergency medical services only on a voluntary basis; serves with a full-time fire department only on a voluntary basis; or provides ski patrol services on a voluntary basis
Category
University of Alaska practicum students
Excluded
yes
Condition
a student participating in a University of Alaska practicum described under AS 14.40.065
Category
motor vehicle dealer employees
Excluded
yes
Condition
an individual who is employed by a motor vehicle dealer and whose primary duty is to receive, analyze, or reference requests for service; arrange financing for the sale of motor vehicles; or solicit, sell, lease, or exchange motor vehicles
Except as otherwise provided for in law, an employer shall pay to each employee a minimum wage, as established herein, for hours worked in a pay period … (3) effective July 1, 2027, the minimum wage shall be $15.00 per hour; and … The provisions of AS 23.10.050 23.10.150 do not apply to … (1) an individual employed in agriculture … (2) an individual employed in the catching, trapping, cultivating, farming, netting, or taking of any kind of fish, shellfish, or other aquatic forms of animal and vegetable life … (3) an individual employed in the handpicking of shrimp … (4) an individual employed in domestic service, including a babysitter, in or about a private home … (5) an individual employed by the United States or by the state or a political subdivision of the state, except as provided in AS 23.10.065(b), including prisoners not on furlough detained or confined in prison facilities … (6) an individual engaged in the nonprofit activities of a nonprofit religious, charitable, cemetery, or educational organization or other nonprofit organization where the employer-employee relationship does not, in fact, exist … (7) an employee engaged in the delivery of newspapers to the consumer … (8) an individual employed solely as a watchman or caretaker of a plant or property that is not in productive use for a period of four months or more … (9) an individual employed … (B) in the capacity of an outside salesman or a salesman who is employed on a straight commission basis … (C) as a computer systems analyst, computer programmer, software engineer, or other similarly skilled worker … (10) an individual employed in the search for placer or hard rock minerals … (11) an individual under 18 years of age employed on a part-time basis not more than 30 hours in a week … (12) employment by a nonprofit educational or child care facility to serve as a parent of children while the children are in residence at the facility if the employment requires residence at the facility and is compensated on a cash basis exclusive of room and board at an annual rate of not less than … (A) $10,000 for an unmarried person; or … (B) $15,000 for a married couple; … (13) an individual who drives a taxicab, who is compensated for taxicab services exclusively by customers of the service … (14) a person who holds a license under AS 08.54 and who is employed by a registered guide-outfitter or master guide-outfitter licensed under AS 08.54, for the first 60 workdays in which the person is employed by the registered guide-outfitter or master guide-outfitter during a calendar year … (15) an individual engaged in activities for a nonprofit religious, charitable, civic, cemetery, recreational, or educational organization where the employer-employee relationship does not, in fact, exist, and where services are rendered to the organization under a work activity requirement of AS 47.27 (Alaska temporary assistance program) … (16) an individual who … (A) provides emergency medical services only on a voluntary basis … (B) serves with a full-time fire department only on a voluntary basis … (C) provides ski patrol services on a voluntary basis … (17) a student participating in a University of Alaska practicum described under AS 14.40.065 … (18) an individual who is employed by a motor vehicle dealer and whose primary duty is to … an individual employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity shall be compensated on a salary or fee basis at a rate of not less than two times the state minimum wage for the first 40 hours of employment each week, exclusive of board or lodging that is furnished by the individual's employer. … an employer shall pay to each person employed as a public school bus driver wages at a rate of not less than two times the minimum wage established under (a) of this section
minimum_wage in us-ak: version 3, effective 2026-07-01, published (new)
The minimum wage is 14 USD per hour for each employee. agriculture employees: excluded from the minimum wage. fishing employees: excluded from the minimum wage. shrimp handpickers: excluded from the minimum wage. domestic service employees: excluded from the minimum wage. public employees: excluded from the minimum wage. nonprofit volunteers: excluded from the minimum wage. newspaper delivery employees: excluded from the minimum wage. watchmen or caretakers: excluded from the minimum wage. bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employees: excluded from the minimum wage. outside salesmen and straight commission salesmen: excluded from the minimum wage. computer professionals: excluded from the minimum wage. mineral search employees: excluded from the minimum wage. part-time workers under 18: excluded from the minimum wage. resident house parents at nonprofit educational or child care facilities: excluded from the minimum wage. taxicab drivers: excluded from the minimum wage. licensed guides: excluded from the minimum wage. Alaska temporary assistance program work activity participants: excluded from the minimum wage. volunteer emergency medical, fire, and ski patrol: excluded from the minimum wage. University of Alaska practicum students: excluded from the minimum wage. motor vehicle dealer employees: excluded from the minimum wage.