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Alaska jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Alaska’s unemployment rate is 4.3%. 521 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 1 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

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Alaska economy

  • 4.3%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.7% the month before

  • 365,197

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 733,971

    people in Alaska

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $89,336

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 39%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Alaska outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

  • Private-sector jobs up 7.2% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 0.6% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.9%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+4,074 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+3,058 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−448 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Alaska. Each link goes to the publisher.

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Alaska layoffs

  • 1

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 160

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 1

    employer

Layoff notices filed in Alaska, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
RNDC Shared Services LLCTakes effect Sep 4, 2026Juneau160—State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Alaska

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. Norton Sound Health16 open roles
  2. Pacific Air Forces14 open roles
  3. GCI11 open roles
  4. Doyon Management Services10 open roles
  5. Albertsons Companies8 open roles
  6. Kinross Gold8 open roles
  7. Safeway8 open roles
  8. University of Alaska - External Careers8 open roles
  9. Department of Energy Headquarters7 open roles
  10. Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology7 open roles
  11. Fairbanks Native Association7 open roles
  12. National Park Service7 open roles

Higher education in Alaska

  • 6

    public and private non-profit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 31,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Alaska

Largest colleges in Alaska
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of Alaska AnchorageAnchoragePublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanksPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
University of Alaska SoutheastJuneauPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Alaska Bible CollegePalmerPrivate non-profit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Alaska Pacific UniversityAnchoragePrivate non-profit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Ilisagvik CollegeBarrowPublic 4-yearUnder 1,000

All 6 Alaska colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Alaska. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Alaska? How to file for unemployment in Alaska (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

14 American Job Centers in Alaska

Job fairs and business events in Alaska

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Alaska.

Conferences in Alaska

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Alaska, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 4 with dates announced.

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Alaska counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

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Alaska cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Show all 22

Laid off or looking for work in Alaska?

See what to do first, what Alaska unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; layoff notices from Alaska’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Alaska unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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