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Alaska

Minimum wage: $11.91 · Not a right-to-work state

Overtime rules

Daily rule: 1.5x over 8 hrs/day, plus 1.5x over 40 hrs/week

Federal law is the floor everywhere: 1.5x your regular rate for every hour past 40 in a workweek. Where state law pays more, the state rule wins.

Run the numbers for your week

Labor board contact

Alaska Dept. of Labor, Wage & Hour Administration

File a wage claim

907-269-4900

Federal option: US DOL Wage and Hour complaint · 1-866-487-9243

Union rights here

Alaska is not a right-to-work state. Where a union contract includes a union security clause, covered workers can be required to pay dues or a fair-share fee (public-sector workers are exempt under Janus).

Private-sector organizing is governed by the National Labor Relations Act and enforced by the NLRB. Public employees (state, city, school, transit) are covered by Alaska state law instead, which sets its own bargaining rules.

It is illegal for your employer to fire, cut hours, or threaten you for talking with coworkers about pay or organizing.

Organizing help

Minimum wage and rule details change. Confirm current figures with Alaska Dept. of Labor, Wage & Hour Administration before relying on them.