Alaska Workers’ Compensation Calculator 2026

Start with spendable weekly wage, not gross AWW

Alaska does not simply multiply gross wages by a benefit percentage. The Division defines spendable weekly wage as gross weekly earnings minus payroll-tax deductions. Its official calculator derives that amount using injury date, gross weekly wage, marital status and qualified dependents, including the employee.

This worksheet deliberately asks for the already-derived spendable figure. That keeps the wage-replacement formula transparent without pretending to reproduce federal withholding tables or every gross-weekly-earnings method in AS 23.30.220. If you only know gross pay, first use the Alaska Division’s official benefits calculator.

TTD and PTD begin at 80% of spendable weekly wage

Temporary total disability and permanent total disability use 80% of the accepted spendable weekly wage, subject to the minimum and maximum for the calendar year of injury. For 2026, the ordinary published range is $358 to $1,627.

AS 23.30.175 contains an important low-wage safeguard. When documented spendable weekly wage itself is below 22% of the maximum, the compensation rate can be adjusted to the spendable wage rather than forcing a payment above it. The estimator applies that rule because its input is explicitly a documented spendable figure; the administrator or Board still determines whether the evidence supports the adjustment.

TPD replaces 80% of the spendable wage difference

Temporary partial disability applies when the worker can perform some work but has lower spendable weekly wages or earning capacity during recovery. The starting calculation is 80% of the difference between the preinjury spendable weekly wage and the postinjury figure. The injury-year maximum still prevents an excessive weekly payment; the TTD minimum is not imposed on a small partial loss.

Actual weekly wage proof must be supplied to the insurer. TPD generally ends at medical stability or after five years, whichever occurs first. A claims administrator can use earning capacity rather than the number entered here when the evidence supports a different figure.

Alaska limits change each January 1

The maximum is 120% of Alaska AWW and the published minimum is 22% of that maximum. The injury date selects the annual figures; moving outside Alaska can create a separate cost-of-living adjustment not modeled here.

The first three disability days are initially unpaid

No disability compensation is paid for the first three days unless disability ultimately lasts more than 28 calendar days. The first payment is generally due 14 days after the employer has knowledge of the injury, with later disability payments due every 14 days, unless the claim is controverted.

TTD ends at medical stability or return to work. Report any return to work, unemployment or Social Security benefits promptly because wages and statutory offsets can change the amount actually payable.