Live in Ohio, Work Remotely for a Alaska Employer: Who Taxes You?
Answer
Ohio gets all of it. Because Alaska does not tax wage income, no Alaska withholding exists and no Alaska return is required — but Ohio taxes residents on worldwide income, so every dollar earned in Alaska still belongs on your Ohio resident return.
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Crossing into a state with no income tax does not lower your tax bill, because your home state is not taxing you on where you work — it is taxing you on where you live. Ohio reaches all of a resident's income, and Alaska adds nothing on top.
What you file
- 1Resident return · Ohio
File a Ohio resident return reporting all of your income.
The two states, side by side
| Ohio | Alaska | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | Yes — graduated | No |
| Reciprocity partners | 5 (Form IT 4NR) | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Form IT 1040 with Schedule IT NRC | Not applicable |
| Credit for other-state tax | Ohio Schedule of Credits (resident credit) | No income tax |
| Nonresident safe harbour | None published | Not applicable |
| Local income tax | Yes | No |
| Revenue department | Ohio Department of Taxation | Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division |
| Last verified |
The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Alaska and working in Ohio gives:No state income tax on your wages.
Same two states, different situation
The withholding answer turns on how you are paid and where the work happens, not only on which two states are involved.
- W-2 commuter: Ohio → AlaskaHome state only
- 1099 contractor: Ohio → AlaskaHome state only — estimated payments
- Moved mid-year: Ohio → AlaskaOne part-year return — the state you left
Other Ohio pairs
Questions people actually ask
I live in Ohio and work remotely for a Alaska employer. Which state do I pay?
Ohio gets all of it. Because Alaska does not tax wage income, no Alaska withholding exists and no Alaska return is required — but Ohio taxes residents on worldwide income, so every dollar earned in Alaska still belongs on your Ohio resident return.
Which state should my employer be withholding for?
Ohio. Your employer should withhold Ohio tax rather than Alaska tax on these wages. If a Alaska line is showing on your pay stub, raise it with payroll now rather than at filing time.
How current is this?
The Ohio and Alaska rules on this page were last checked against Ohio Department of Taxation and Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division on 2026-08-07. We re-check the full grid every December after state legislative sessions close, and re-check the convenience-of-the-employer states quarterly because that is where the rules move fastest.
Sources
Every fact above comes from the revenue department that publishes the rule. We do not cite secondary summaries, and we do not restate a figure we could not find at source.
- Ohio Department of Taxation — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Ohio — Form IT 4NRaccessed 2026-08-07
- Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07