Ketchikan, AK jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Ketchikan

• Supply Chain ManagerReal Estate Solutions
• Product Marketing ManagerEnergy Innovation: Policy and Technology
• Library ManagerUniversity of Alaska - External Careers
• Purchasing Agent (GS-7)U.S. Coast Guard
• Front End Entry LevelSafeway
• Operations SupervisorWaste Connections

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Employers hiring most in Ketchikan

1. Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology1 open role
2. Real Estate Solutions1 open role
3. Safeway1 open role
4. U.S. Coast Guard1 open role
5. University of Alaska - External Careers1 open role
6. Waste Connections1 open role

Ketchikan layoffs

No layoff notices naming Ketchikan in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Ketchikan Gateway Borough 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 4.9% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 2.6% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.0%, down 0.7 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

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

• Alaska Airlines to lay off 200 employees amid high fuel costsTravelPulse on MSN · Nov 5, 2026
• Alaska Airlines Lays Off Employees as Losses MountRecommend · Nov 5, 2026
• Amazon, Alaska Airlines cut jobs in Washington stateKUOW · Nov 4, 2026
• Alaska Airlines plans permanent job cuts in Renton, SeaTac and SpokaneKOMO on MSN · Nov 3, 2026
• Alaska Airlines To Lay Off 200 Non-Union EmployeesAM 600 WMT - NewsRadio · Oct 31, 2026
• Alaska Airlines to lay off about 200 employees, citing 'challenging operating environment'KHOU · Oct 31, 2026
• Alaska Air layoffs: Airline to slash 200 jobs as soaring oil prices squeezes earnings : ReportET Now on MSN · Oct 31, 2026
• Report: Alaska to Lay Off 200 EmployeesAirlineGeeks on MSN · Oct 30, 2026

Learn and get funded in Ketchikan

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• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Ketchikan. 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).

• Alaska Workforce Investment Board

  Serves all of Alaska

• Ketchikan Job Center

  Ketchikan · Comprehensive · 907-225-3181

  Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Ketchikan Gateway Borough economy

• 3.0%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.7% the month before

• 7,830

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 13,870

  people in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $89,155

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 37%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS