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Alaska +8 more Retirement Income Tax Calculator

Alaska levies no state income tax, so none of these income types are taxed at the state level.

Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wyoming share this page. Their rules produce the same answer to within a rounding difference, so publishing separate near-identical pages would add URLs without adding information. Every figure below applies to all 9.

Alaska retirement income tax estimator

Alaska levies no state income tax, so none of these income types are taxed at the state level.

Alaska tax —
After state tax —
Effective state rate —

Alaska at a glance

FigureAlaskaSource
Taxes Social Security?No income tax at all[2]
Top marginal rateNone[2]
Taxes pension income?No[2]
Cost of living index129[1]

[2] [1] Sources

Top marginal income tax rate — all 50 states

Alaska highlighted. Same data as the table below, shown as a distribution so the comparison is visible at a glance.

Top marginal income tax rate — all 50 states. Alaska is 0.00%, ranked 42 of 50. The national median is 4.55%, the highest is 13.30% (California), and the lowest is 0.00% (Wyoming). CA 13.30% HI 11.00% NY 10.90% NJ 10.75% OR 9.90% MN 9.85% MA 9.00% VT 8.75% WI 7.65% ME 7.15% CT 6.99% DE 6.60% MD 6.50% RI 5.99% NM 5.90% VA 5.75% MT 5.65% KS 5.58% ID 5.30% SC 5.21% AL 5.00% GA 4.99% IL 4.95% MO 4.70% WV 4.58% NE 4.55% OK 4.50% UT 4.50% CO 4.40% MI 4.25% MS 4.00% NC 3.99% AR 3.90% IA 3.80% KY 3.50% PA 3.07% LA 3.00% IN 2.95% OH 2.75% AZ 2.50% ND 2.50% AK 0.00% FL 0.00% NV 0.00% NH 0.00% SD 0.00% TN 0.00% TX 0.00% WA 0.00% WY 0.00%

Highlighted: Alaska, ranked 42 of 50. Median 4.55%.

Alaska state tax by retirement income mix

Annual Alaska tax on each combination of Social Security and other retirement income.

Social SecurityNo other income+$10,000 other+$20,000 other+$30,000 other+$45,000 other+$60,000 other+$80,000 other+$110,000 other
$9,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
$12,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
$15,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
$18,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
$21,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
$24,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
$27,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
$30,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
$33,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
$36,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
$39,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
$42,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
$45,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
$48,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
$54,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0

Worked figures for Alaska

Alaska values:

ProfileGrossState TaxNetEffective
$18,000 SS + $0 pension + $5,000 401k$23,000$0$23,0000.00%
$24,000 SS + $0 pension + $10,000 401k$34,000$0$34,0000.00%
$24,000 SS + $12,000 pension + $10,000 401k$46,000$0$46,0000.00%
$30,000 SS + $20,000 pension + $15,000 401k$65,000$0$65,0000.00%
$30,000 SS + $30,000 pension + $20,000 401k$80,000$0$80,0000.00%
$36,000 SS + $40,000 pension + $25,000 401k$101,000$0$101,0000.00%
$42,000 SS + $50,000 pension + $40,000 401k$132,000$0$132,0000.00%
$48,000 SS + $60,000 pension + $50,000 401k$158,000$0$158,0000.00%

How Alaska compares nationally

On top marginal income tax rate, Alaska ranks #42 of 50 at 0.00% — 100% below the median of 4.55%. The national range runs from 0.00% (Wyoming) to 13.30% (California).

RankStateTop marginal income tax rate
#40Arizona2.50%
#41North Dakota2.50%
#42Alaska0.00%
#43Florida0.00%
#44Nevada0.00%

Alaska questions, answered with Alaska numbers

Does Alaska tax Social Security?▾
Alaska has no state income tax at all, so Social Security, pensions and 401(k) withdrawals are all untaxed at the state level.
What would a $65,000 retirement income cost in Alaska tax?▾
On $30,000 Social Security, $20,000 pension and $15,000 of 401(k) withdrawals, Alaska would take about $0 — an effective state rate of 0.00%, leaving $65,000.
Is Alaska a good state to retire in on taxes alone?▾
Alaska's top marginal rate is zero and its cost of living index is 129. Tax is only one input — housing at a $401,000 median matters at least as much.

Last reviewed 2026-08-26. Alaska figures only — verify with the relevant Alaska agency before acting. How this is calculated.