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Alaska: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Alaska from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026

Unemployment, September 20264.3%#34 of 51 · #1 = lowest

Annual average, 20254.7%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force

Labor force, 2025365.9K+1.5% on a year earlier

Employed, 2025348.7K17,206 unemployed

Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000

Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed

Labor forceEmployed

Year	Unemployment rate	Labor force	Employed	Unemployed
2025	4.7%	365,866	348,660	17,206
2024	4.5%	360,367	344,005	16,362
2023	4.3%	357,685	342,440	15,245
2022	4.4%	353,964	338,452	15,512
2021	6.4%	350,842	328,406	22,436
2020	8.3%	345,541	316,964	28,577
2019	5.6%	351,494	331,762	19,732
2018	6.1%	354,391	332,825	21,566
2017	6.6%	360,087	336,272	23,815
2016	6.6%	360,919	337,055	23,864
2015	6.3%	361,500	338,721	22,779
2014	6.7%	363,723	339,230	24,493
2013	6.9%	362,949	337,789	25,160
2012	7.1%	363,415	337,578	25,837
2011	7.6%	363,636	335,936	27,700
2010	8.0%	360,841	331,895	28,946
2009	7.8%	358,988	330,809	28,179
2008	6.5%	355,598	332,559	23,039
2007	6.2%	350,198	328,314	21,884
2006	6.6%	348,533	325,498	23,035
2005	6.9%	344,173	320,329	23,844
2004	7.4%	337,545	312,482	25,063
2003	7.7%	332,790	307,259	25,531
2002	7.2%	327,282	303,826	23,456
2001	6.3%	321,942	301,756	20,186
2000	6.3%	319,514	299,435	20,079
1999	6.4%	316,973	296,831	20,142
1998	6.3%	314,212	294,397	19,815
1997	7.0%	311,446	289,660	21,786
1996	7.5%	307,505	284,581	22,924
1995	7.3%	302,584	280,482	22,102
1994	7.6%	301,141	278,356	22,785
1993	7.8%	294,644	271,708	22,936
1992	8.9%	287,523	262,011	25,512
1991	8.3%	277,553	254,529	23,024
1990	7.2%	273,195	253,410	19,785
1989	7.1%	269,196	250,003	19,193
1988	8.8%	262,526	239,436	23,090
1987	10.2%	260,004	233,565	26,439
1986	11.0%	263,945	234,872	29,073
1985	9.8%	257,555	232,278	25,277
1984	9.9%	249,886	225,150	24,736
1983	10.1%	235,485	211,650	23,835
1982	10.0%	216,972	195,305	21,667
1981	9.2%	200,224	181,770	18,454
1980	9.5%	189,697	171,714	17,983
1979	9.1%	184,739	167,982	16,757
1978	10.7%	182,160	162,741	19,419
1977	9.8%	173,464	156,535	16,929
1976	7.7%	164,450	151,844	12,606

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.