Alaska’s unemployment rate wavered heading into fall. The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development puts the seasonally adjusted figure for October at 4.5 percent, up one-tenth of a percentage point from September.
Alaska’s unemployment rate dropped as summer ended to 4.4 percent in September, down two-tenths from the revised rate for August.
Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.5 percent in July.
Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.5 percent in July, down one-tenth of a percentage point from June.
Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 4.6 percent in June.
Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.7 percent in May.
Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 4.9 percent in April.
Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 5 percent in March nearly matches the last pre-pandemic level.
The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development puts the seasonally adjusted figure for February at 5.4 percent, down from 5.7 in December.
Alaska’s unemployment rate went down to 5.7 in December compared to the previous month, but the state’s voluntary quit rate of 3.8 percent was the highest in the nation for all of 2021.