Alaska Releases 2024 Unemployment Wage Base, Employee Tax Rate

December 7, 2023, 4:38 PM UTC

Alaska released its 2024 unemployment insurance wage base and employee tax rate on the Labor and Workforce Development Department website.

The unemployment-taxable wage base will rise to $49,700 from $47,100, according to the website.

The tax rate for employees will be 0.5% in 2024, down from 0.51% in 2023, according to the website. Employees earning at least $49,700 in taxable wages in 2024 will pay a maximum of $248.50 in unemployment taxes, up from $240.21 in 2023.

Alaska is one of the few states that assesses an unemployment tax rate on employees in addition to the tax assessed on ...

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