Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 23.10.065 (2026)
Minimum wages
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Sec. 23.10.065. Minimum wages.
(a) 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, whether the work is measured by time, piece, commission or otherwise. An employer may not apply tips or gratuities bestowed upon employees as a credit toward payment of the minimum hourly wage required by this section. Tip credit as defined by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 as amended does not apply to the minimum wage established by this section:
(1) beginning July 1, 2025, the minimum wage shall be $13.00 per hour;
(2) effective July 1, 2026, the minimum wage shall be $14.00 per hour;
(3) effective July 1, 2027, the minimum wage shall be $15.00 per hour; and
(4) thereafter the minimum wage shall be adjusted annually for inflation; the adjustment shall be calculated each September 30, for the proceeding January-December calendar year by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, using 100 percent of the rate of inflation based on the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for the Anchorage metropolitan area, compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor; the department shall round the adjusted minimum hourly wage up to the nearest ten cents; the adjusted minimum hourly wage shall apply to work performed beginning on January 1 through December 31 of the year for which it is effective.
(b) Subject to the limitation under (c) of this section, 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, for hours worked in a pay period, whether work is measured by time, commission, or otherwise. An employer may not apply fringe benefits as a credit toward payment of the minimum wage established under this subsection.
(c) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, an employer who contracts with the Department of Education and Early Development, a school district, or a regional educational attendance area to provide school bus transportation services is not required to adjust school bus driver wages under (b) of this section, except when entering into or renewing the contract.
(d) If at any point the minimum wage determined under (a) of this section is less than two dollars over the federal minimum wage, the Alaska minimum wage shall be set at two dollars over the federal minimum wage. The two dollar amount itself shall be adjusted for inflation in subsequent years by the method established in (a) of this section.
(a) 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, whether the work is measured by time, piece, commission or otherwise. An employer may not apply tips or gratuities bestowed upon employees as a credit toward payment of the minimum hourly wage required by this section. Tip credit as defined by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 as amended does not apply to the minimum wage established by this section:
(1) beginning July 1, 2025, the minimum wage shall be $13.00 per hour;
(2) effective July 1, 2026, the minimum wage shall be $14.00 per hour;
(3) effective July 1, 2027, the minimum wage shall be $15.00 per hour; and
(4) thereafter the minimum wage shall be adjusted annually for inflation; the adjustment shall be calculated each September 30, for the proceeding January-December calendar year by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, using 100 percent of the rate of inflation based on the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for the Anchorage metropolitan area, compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor; the department shall round the adjusted minimum hourly wage up to the nearest ten cents; the adjusted minimum hourly wage shall apply to work performed beginning on January 1 through December 31 of the year for which it is effective.
(b) Subject to the limitation under (c) of this section, 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, for hours worked in a pay period, whether work is measured by time, commission, or otherwise. An employer may not apply fringe benefits as a credit toward payment of the minimum wage established under this subsection.
(c) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, an employer who contracts with the Department of Education and Early Development, a school district, or a regional educational attendance area to provide school bus transportation services is not required to adjust school bus driver wages under (b) of this section, except when entering into or renewing the contract.
(d) If at any point the minimum wage determined under (a) of this section is less than two dollars over the federal minimum wage, the Alaska minimum wage shall be set at two dollars over the federal minimum wage. The two dollar amount itself shall be adjusted for inflation in subsequent years by the method established in (a) of this section.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1975–2023 · leading case: Dresser Indus., Inc. v. Alaska Dep't of Labor, 633 P.2d 998 (Alaska 1981).
Dresser Indus., Inc. v. Alaska Dep't of Labor, 633 P.2d 998 (Alaska 1981). “A prisoner is not an ‘employee’ of the state under the federal act, and therefore is not so by virtue of AS 23.”
Webster v. Bechtel, Inc., 621 P.2d 890 (Alaska 1980). “Bechtel notes that although the Alaska Act provides for a higher minimum wage, AS 23.10.065, this provision is not at issue since the Webster action involves recovery for wages greater than the Alaska statutory minimum wage.”
McGinnis v. Stevens, 543 P.2d 1221 (Alaska 1975). “AS 23.10.065 is based on the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the terms used in the Alaska statute are defined in the same way as in the federal act.”
Strain v. West Travel, Inc., 117 Wash. App. 251 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). “75 per hour); Alaska Stat. § 23.10.065 (a) (Michie) ($7.”
Nunley v. State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div., 99 P.3d 7 (Alaska 2004). “AS 23.10.065. 33 . Both the superior court and this court have the authority to stay the operation of a CSED decision pending appeal.”
Diaz v. Silver Bay Logging, Inc., 55 P.3d 732 (Alaska 2002). “160 to be effective under the same conditions as the FLSA regulations and since the Alaska minimum wage is higher than the federal minimum wage, AS 23.10.065(a), our interpretation of (d) will not result in a conflict between AWHA and FLSA.”
Childs v. Kalgin Island Lodge, 779 P.2d 310 (Alaska 1989). “-050; AS 23.10.065. 5 . Even though Childs was being considered for a pilot/guide position and he never flew a Lodge plane, he did various other tasks associated with that position, including: unloading a car and loading a Lodge airplane; pumping an airplane float; fueling an…”
Alaska Int'l Indus., Inc. v. Musarra, 602 P.2d 1240 (Alaska 1979). “AS 23.10.065. 16 . AS 23.10.100. 17 . AS 23.”
Jeffcoat v. State, Dep't of Labor, 732 P.2d 1073 (Alaska 1987). “AS 23.10.065, AS 23.10.110(a), AS 23.05.140(d) and AS 23.”
Robles v. Providence Hosp., 988 P.2d 592 (Alaska 1999). “041 states in part: (f) An employee is not eligible for reemployment benefits if (1) the employer offers employment within the employee’s predicted post-injury physical capacities at a wage equivalent to at least the state minimum wage under AS 23.”
Raris v. Greek Corner, 911 P.2d 510 (Alaska 1996). “041(f) provides: An employee is not eligible for reemployment benefits if (1) the employer offers employment within the employee's predicted post-injury physical capacities at a wage equivalent to at least the state minimum wage under AS 23.10.065 or 75 percent of the worker’s…”
Geneva Woods Pharmacy, Inc. v. Thygeson, 181 P.3d 1106 (Alaska 2008). “060 (failure to pay time and a half); AS 23.10.065(a) (failure to pay minimum wage); AS 23.”
— Alaska Stat. § 23.10.065(a) — 2 cases
Diaz v. Silver Bay Logging, Inc., 55 P.3d 732 (Alaska 2002). “160 to be effective under the same conditions as the FLSA regulations and since the Alaska minimum wage is higher than the federal minimum wage, AS 23.10.065(a), our interpretation of (d) will not result in a conflict between AWHA and FLSA.”
Geneva Woods Pharmacy, Inc. v. Thygeson, 181 P.3d 1106 (Alaska 2008). “060 (failure to pay time and a half); AS 23.10.065(a) (failure to pay minimum wage); AS 23.”
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