April jobs up 2.8 percent from April 2023

May 17, 2024
No. 24-12

JUNEAU, Alaska — April’s statewide job count was up by 9,000, or 2.8 percent, from April 2023.

Construction added 2,600 jobs, with much of that growth coming from North Slope oil and gas-related activity. Health care added 1,500 jobs, led by strong growth in hospitals and outpatient care facilities. Transportation, warehousing and utilities also added 1,300 jobs (primarily in transportation), and mining and logging was up by 1,000.

Most industries added jobs, but wholesale and financial activities were flat and information and retail each fell by 200.

Federal, state and local government jobs were up by a combined total of 1,300 jobs, or 1.6 percent. The private sector’s overall growth rate was 3.2 percent.

Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in March and the U.S. rate was 3.9 percent.