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APA’s Guide to State Payroll Laws 1-4 TABLE 1.1 – MINIMUM WAGE RATES AND TIP CREDIT AMOUNTS State Minimum Wage Coverage & Exemptions Subminimum Wage Tip Credit Maximum Source AL No provision. No provision. No provision. No provision. AK $9.80 (adjusted annually for inflation, eff. 1-1-18). Rate must be at least $1.00 higher than federal rate. Applies to all employees unless specifically exempt. Exemptions: agricultural labor fishing and handpicking of shrimp domestic service and babysitting in private homes federal, state, or local government employees volunteers for nonprofit religious, charitable, cemetery, or educational organizations newspaper deliverers watchpersons or caretakers of plants or properties in productive use for less than 4 months a year bona fide executives, administrators, and professionals (only if paid at least 2 times the state minimum wage for the first 40 consecutive hours of each workweek) outside commissioned salespersons computer-related professionals prospectors in search of placers or hard rock minerals persons under age 18 working less than 30 hours a week certain live- in child care workers at nonprofit educational or child care facilities paid in cash certain taxicab drivers certain licensed guide-outfitters emergency medical service workers, full-time firefighters, and voluntary ski patrol University of Alaska practicum students. Handicapped workers, learners, apprentices, and those in work therapy in certain residential drug or alcohol treatment programs lasting more than 120 days: less than state minimum permitted (with certificate issued by Labor Commissioner). No tip credit permitted. Ak. Stat. §§23.10.055(a), 23.10.065, 23.10.070, 23.10.071 APA's Guide to State Payroll Laws