Alaska sets a statewide minimum wage of $11.91 in 2026 under AS §23.10.065, indexed to CPI-U for Anchorage. The state effectively preempts municipal wage floors, so Anchorage cannot raise the local minimum.
Alaskans approved Ballot Measure 3 in 2014 establishing a $9.75 minimum that indexes annually with CPI-U Anchorage. The 2026 rate is $11.91 per hour, well above the federal $7.25. Alaska law contains no express preemption clause, but the 2014 measure's statewide framework and the absence of municipal wage statutes have left Anchorage without authority to legislate above-floor wages. Tip credits are prohibited. Overtime is owed after 8 hours daily or 40 weekly. The Anchorage Assembly has occasionally debated a higher local wage but has not enacted one given preemption uncertainty and ballot-measure politics.
Employers paying below $11.91 face Alaska DOLWD enforcement: back wages, liquidated damages equal to unpaid wages, and civil penalties under AS §23.10.110.
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