Live in Alaska, Work in Texas: Which State Taxes Your Paycheck?
Answer
Neither state taxes your wages. Alaska and Texas both levy no personal income tax on earned income, so nothing is withheld for either one and you file no state return on either side. Your only wage-tax obligation is the federal one, and no reciprocity form or credit is involved anywhere.
Last verified
Most of the difficulty in multi-state wage tax comes from two states claiming the same income. Here neither one claims it. Alaska and Texas both sit outside the state income tax system, so there is no competition to resolve.
What you file
There is nothing to file in either Alaska or Texas on these wages. Your federal return is unaffected — the federal government taxes the income whatever the states do.
The two states, side by side
| Alaska | Texas | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | No |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | No income tax |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division | Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts |
| Last verified |
The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Texas and working in Alaska gives:No state income tax either side.
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.
- Remote worker: Alaska → TexasNo state income tax either side
- 1099 contractor: Alaska → TexasNo state income tax either side
- Moved mid-year: Alaska → TexasNo state return either side
Other Alaska pairs
Questions people actually ask
I live in Alaska and work in Texas. Which state takes the tax out of my paycheck?
Neither state taxes your wages. Alaska and Texas both levy no personal income tax on earned income, so nothing is withheld for either one and you file no state return on either side. Your only wage-tax obligation is the federal one, and no reciprocity form or credit is involved anywhere.
Which state should my employer be withholding for?
Neither. There is no state income tax to withhold on either side of this pairing, so a state line on your pay stub for Alaska or Texas is an error worth querying.
How current is this?
The Alaska and Texas rules on this page were last checked against Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts 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.
- Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07