Living wage by county in Alaska, 2027

The living wage in Alaska ranges from $24.85 to $41.38 an hour per worker across its 30 counties, for a typical family of four (two adults and two children). In Alaska, 21.4% of families like this one have a single earner.

County	Living wage / hour	Income needed / month	One worker earning it all / hour
Aleutians East Borough	$31.19	$9,444	$54.48
Aleutians West Census Area	$34.98	$10,593	$61.12
Anchorage Municipality	$33.40	$10,116	$58.36
Bethel Census Area	$33.70	$10,204	$58.87
Bristol Bay Borough	$31.96	$9,679	$55.84
Chugach Census Area	$28.12	$8,514	$49.12
Copper River Census Area	$27.47	$8,318	$47.99
Denali Borough	$25.10	$7,600	$43.85
Dillingham Census Area	$28.23	$8,550	$49.33
Fairbanks North Star Borough	$35.11	$10,632	$61.34
Haines Borough	$33.78	$10,228	$59.01
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	$32.35	$9,796	$56.51
Juneau City and Borough	$36.12	$10,939	$63.11
Kenai Peninsula Borough	$33.81	$10,237	$59.06
Ketchikan Gateway Borough	$32.57	$9,864	$56.91
Kodiak Island Borough	$41.38	$12,531	$72.30
Kusilvak Census Area	$25.89	$7,840	$45.23
Lake and Peninsula Borough	$24.95	$7,555	$43.59
Matanuska-Susitna Borough	$33.40	$10,116	$58.36
Nome Census Area	$29.04	$8,794	$50.73
North Slope Borough	$28.76	$8,708	$50.24
Northwest Arctic Borough	$31.70	$9,599	$55.38
Petersburg Borough	$32.05	$9,705	$55.99
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	$29.90	$9,054	$52.23
Sitka City and Borough	$34.06	$10,316	$59.51
Skagway Municipality	$33.56	$10,162	$58.63
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	$31.06	$9,405	$54.26
Wrangell City and Borough	$30.13	$9,123	$52.63
Yakutat City and Borough	$36.41	$11,027	$63.62
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	$24.85	$7,525	$43.41

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