The Alaska Job Economy
A live read on Alaska's public, policy, and civic hiring — drawn from this board's 2897 open listings — set against the state's official labor market.
The board's pulse this board · updated daily
Openings by region
Openings by sector
Posted pay by sector median, annualized
Where the money lands 1064 priced, annualized
Who's hiring — top employers
Alaska's labor market U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · as of 2026-08-27
Unemployment rate Alaska, monthly
Where Alaskans work payroll jobs, thousands
Reading the two together
Government is Alaska's single largest payroll sector — about 76,900 jobs, roughly 23% of all nonfarm payroll — which is exactly the slice this board watches most closely. Right now it's showing 2897 open public and civic roles, at a median annualized $72,731, while the statewide unemployment rate sits at 4.3%.
As the board accumulates daily history, this section will track hiring momentum against the labor market over time.
The Alaska difference — who actually works here Alaska Dept. of Labor · 2024
Alaska's labor market has a feature almost no other state shares: a large share of the work is done by people who live Outside. The state's own count is the sharpest lens on it.
Nonresident share by industry the extremes
Those nonresident-heavy sectors — seafood, mining, oil & gas — are seasonal and resource-driven. The public, policy, and civic roles this board tracks sit at the other end: 120 of its 2897 openings are explicitly open to Alaska residents only. It's a board of jobs for people who stay. Source: Alaska DOLWD, Nonresidents Working in Alaska (2024).
Board figures are computed live from 2897 open listings. Labor-market figures are Alaska statewide series from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, cached daily. Posted-pay figures annualize hourly/biweekly/monthly ranges to a common basis.