Jury duty pay in Alaska
$0a day to start$50a day later on
No pay for the first day, then $50 a day beginning on the second day45
Rate set by Administrative Bulletin 66, revised July 7, 2022. State of Alaska employees keep their pay instead.
Your rights as a juror
- Mileage
- Jurors who drive more than 30 miles one way get mileage at the state employee rate. Only one reimbursement per carpool5
- Must your employer pay you?
- No. Employers must give time off for jury duty but jurors may lose wages12
- Job protection
- An employer may not fire, threaten, coerce or penalize an employee for responding to a summons or serving. The employee may sue for lost wages and reinstatement1
- Postponing or being excused
- Use the Jury Dashboard to ask the jury clerk to reschedule or excuse you. You may ask for one postponement32
- One day or one trial
- Yes. If you are not picked after one day, your service is usually done.2
Many counties pay more than the state minimum, and your summons usually says what you will be paid. If something here is not covered, your summons or the court clerk can tell you.
Sources
- Alaska Stat. 09.20.037, FindLaw (secondary), checked 1 November 2026
- Jury Duty, Alaska Bar Association (secondary), checked 1 November 2026
- Jury Service, Alaska Court System, checked 1 November 2026
- Administrative Bulletin 66 Jury Fees, Alaska Court System, checked 1 November 2026
- Alaska Rules of Administration Rule 14 Jury Service Fees, Ruledex (secondary), checked 1 November 2026
Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a copy of the law we used because the official site could not be read.