Taxes in Kodiak
Kodiak's tax picture combines Alaska's genuinely rare no-income-tax, no-statewide-sales-tax structure with a locally elevated property tax rate.
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Learn moreNo state income tax, at all
Alaska levies no state individual income tax on wages, salaries, or investment income -- a real, current, unambiguous status applying in Kodiak as statewide.
A property tax rate above the national median
Ownwell cited the city of Kodiak's own median effective rate at approximately 1.23% -- the highest within Kodiak Island Borough -- producing a median tax bill of approximately $3,693/year.
A 7.0% city sales tax
Kodiak's city sales tax runs 7.0%; Kodiak Island Borough itself levies no separate borough-wide sales tax.
Key takeaways
- Alaska's real, current no-state-income-tax status applies in Kodiak as statewide.
- Kodiak's effective property tax rate (1.23%) runs above the national median.
- The city sales tax runs 7.0%; the borough itself levies no separate rate.
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