State of Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Rents held steady and vacancies rose for a fourth straight year, our annual rental survey shows.

August 2020 Trends

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The end of the federal $600 add-on benefit
Banks and credit unions

Inflation was modest in 2019, but prices plummeted in the spring with the pandemic. This yearly cost-of-living edition features a range of cost comparisons, between Alaska and the nation and by city.

July 2020 Trends

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COVID-19: Who has gone back to work?

The industry's history of employment swings and how the current situation differs, and detailed April data on COVID-19-related job losses and April unemployment insurance benefit claimants.

June 2020 Trends

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COVID-19: Job losses and unemployment claims

Following up on Alaska's economy and COVID-19, including a look at seasonal jobs and the first wave of elevated unemployment claims.

May 2020 Trends

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First wave of unemployment claims
25-year population projections

Answering initial questions about the virus' short-term economic impacts.

April 2020 Trends

School-age children make up about 18 percent of Alaska today, down from a peak of 29.2 percent in 1970.

March 2020 Trends

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Total wages up 4.7 percent in the third quarter

Alaska's population decreased 0.4 percent from July 2018 to July 2019, our new estimates show. The biggest drivers were a decline in the number of people moving to Alaska and fewer births.

February 2020 Trends

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Cordova
Unemployment claims over the last decade

Alaska added about 1,600 jobs in 2019 after losing more than 11,000 during the recession of the prior three years. We forecast that trend will continue this year, but at a slower rate of 0.3 percent, or about 1,100 new jobs.

January 2020 Trends

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Forecasts for Anchorage, the Fairbanks area, and Southeast