Workers' comp weekly benefit in Alaska: how much it pays

Temporary total disability (TTD) benefits can pay 80% of your spendable earnings (pay after taxes), up to $1,627 a week in 2026.

Checked against official sources: October 31, 2026.

Deadlines are strict. If you are near one, call the state agency or free help today.

Weekly benefit in Alaska

What it pays: 80% of your spendable earnings (pay after taxes)
Maximum: $1,627 a week in 2026
Minimum: $358 a week in 2026
Minimum rule: For 2026 injuries the minimum is $358 a week. If your spendable weekly wage is below $358 (and you gave proof of your wages), you get your spendable weekly wage instead. If you have not given proof of earnings, the insurer must pay at least $110 a week.
Applies to: Injuries in calendar year 2026
How your wages are figured: If you were paid by the hour, day or output, your gross weekly earnings are 1/50 of your total wages from all jobs in whichever of the two calendar years before the injury is more favorable to you. Employer-provided room and board, pension contributions and other benefits may count. Send the insurer your W-2s and pay stubs. Seasonal or temporary workers, minors, apprentices and trainees have special rules.
How long it can last: TTD is paid until you are medically stable or can return to work, whichever comes first. Medical stability is presumed after 45 days with no objectively measurable improvement, unless your doctor says otherwise.

TTD pays 80% of your spendable weekly wage (your gross weekly earnings minus taxes, based on your marital status and number of dependents). For injuries in 2026, the maximum is $1,627 a week (120% of the Alaska average weekly wage of $1,356) and the minimum is $358 a week. The Division's online Benefit Calculator figures the rate from your gross weekly wage, marital status and dependents.

Law: AS 23.30.175(a), 23.30.185, 23.30.220

Source: labor.alaska.gov

Changes in 2024–2026

For injuries on or after January 1, 2025, the deadline to report a work injury to the employer was shortened from 30 days to 15 days. For 2026 injuries the maximum weekly rate is $1,627 and the minimum $358 (Bulletin 25-06, Alaska average weekly wage $1,356). Bulletin 26-01 adopted the 2025 edition of the AMA Guides, Sixth Edition, for impairment ratings.

Law: AS 23.30.100(a)

Benefit estimate calculator

We do not offer a calculator for Alaska: its rule has parts that a simple estimate cannot show. Read the rule above and ask the state agency.

Sources

The official sources for Alaska are listed on the Alaska page.

National rules that may also matter

Taxes, Social Security, leave and the ADA

Taxes on workers' compensation Workers' compensation benefits for a work injury or illness are fully exempt from federal income tax when they are paid under a workers' compensation law. Pay you get for doing light-duty work is taxable as wages. If your workers' compensation reduces your Social Security benefits, that part may be taxable as Social Security benefits. Federal employees: FECA compensation is not taxable, but continuation of pay (up to 45 days) and sick leave pay while a claim is decided are taxed as wages.

Law: IRS Publication 525 (2025), Workers' Compensation; 26 U.S.C. 104(a)(1)

Social Security disability and workers' compensation If you get Social Security disability benefits and workers' compensation at the same time, Social Security may reduce its benefit. The reduction applies when your Social Security benefits (including benefits paid to your family on your record) plus your workers' compensation are more than 80% of your 'average current earnings', or more than your family's Social Security benefit before the reduction, if that is higher. A lump-sum workers' compensation settlement can also be counted. The reduction stops when you reach full retirement age. It does not apply when the state law paying your workers' compensation reduces that benefit instead for people on Social Security, if that state rule was in place on February 18, 1981.

Law: 42 U.S.C. 424a(a), (b), (d); SSA POMS DI 52101.001, DI 52105.001

Job-protected leave (FMLA) The Family and Medical Leave Act gives eligible employees up to 12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in a 12-month period for a serious health condition, and keeps your group health coverage. It covers private employers with 50 or more employees in at least 20 workweeks of this year or last year, all public agencies, and public and private elementary and secondary schools. You are eligible if you worked there at least 12 months, worked at least 1,250 hours in the 12 months before the leave, and work at a site with at least 50 employees within 75 miles. Time off for a work injury can count as FMLA leave if your employer designates it. If your doctor clears you only for light duty, you may turn down a light-duty job and stay on unpaid FMLA leave until it runs out, but you may lose workers' compensation payments.

Law: 29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.; 29 CFR 825.207(e); DOL Wage and Hour Division, Family and Medical Leave Act

Disability rights when you go back to work (ADA) Not every work injury is a 'disability' under the Americans with Disabilities Act. If yours is, an employer with 15 or more employees may have to make a reasonable accommodation, unless it would cause undue hardship, for example by moving minor (marginal) duties you cannot do to other workers or changing your schedule. The employer does not have to remove the essential functions of the job.

Law: 42 U.S.C. 12111(5)(A); EEOC Enforcement Guidance: Workers' Compensation and the ADA (Notice 915.002)

In these states, the state reduces some or all types of workers' compensation for people who also get Social Security disability, so Social Security does not reduce its benefit for those payments.

States that reduce workers' comp when you also get Social Security disability: Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin.