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Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Kenai Peninsula Borough’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 17 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Kenai Peninsula Borough economy

  • 4.1%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.4% the month before

  • 28,608

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 59,843

    people in Kenai Peninsula Borough

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $77,722

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Kenai Peninsula Borough ranks

Where Kenai Peninsula Borough placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

Kenai Peninsula Borough outlook: Building

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

  • Private-sector jobs up 6.3% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 5.1% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.1%, down 0.3 points from a year ago

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Kenai Peninsula Borough layoffs

No layoff notices naming Kenai Peninsula Borough 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Kenai Peninsula Borough

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Builders FirstSource2 open roles
  2. Central Peninsula Hospital2 open roles
  3. Homer Electric Association2 open roles
  4. Crescent Electric Supply1 open role
  5. Federal Aviation Administration1 open role
  6. Kenaitze Indian Tribe1 open role
  7. MileHigh Adjusters Houston1 open role
  8. O'Reilly Auto Parts1 open role
  9. Providence1 open role
  10. Safeway1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Kenai Peninsula Borough. 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).

  • Homer Job Center

    Homer · Affiliate

    Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • Peninsula Job Center

    Kenai · Comprehensive · 907-335-3000

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

Cities in Kenai Peninsula Borough

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Alaska’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Alaska unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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