Alaska Employment: Positive Job Growth While September Unemployment Rate Holds Flat
Job growth in September was positive for the first time in months, even as the unemployment rate flattened at 4.3 percent for a third straight month.
Job growth in September was positive for the first time in months, even as the unemployment rate flattened at 4.3 percent for a third straight month.
Job growth in July was negative due to government sector cuts, even as 4.3 percent unemployment was the lowest Alaska has seen in a long time.
Job growth in July was negative due to government sector cuts, even as 4.3 percent unemployment was the lowest Alaska has seen in a long time.
Job growth in June was negative due to federal cuts, even as 4.4 percent unemployment was the lowest rate Alaska has seen in more than a year.
Unemployment in Alaska held at 4.6 percent in May while government job cuts held overall employment growth since 2025 at 0 percent.
Unemployment in Alaska held at 4.7 percent in April while government job cuts held overall employment growth since 2025 basically flat.
Unemployment in Alaska held at 4.7 percent in March while government job cuts held overall employment growth since 2025 to 0.3 percent.
Unemployment in Alaska fell to 4.7 percent in February while government job cuts held overall employment growth in 2025 to 0.2 percent.
Unemployment in Alaska stood at 4.8 percent in January while federal job cuts held overall employment growth in 2025 to 0.1 percent.
Unemployment in Alaska held steady at 4.7 percent in November, the first new monthly figures after federal data collection was interrupted in October.