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Kodiak Island Borough, AK jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Kodiak Island Borough’s unemployment rate is 3.0%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 9 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Kodiak Island Borough economy

  • 3.0%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.4% the month before

  • 6,235

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 12,878

    people in Kodiak Island Borough

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $83,716

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 30%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Kodiak Island 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 8.3% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 5.1% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.0%, down 0.4 points from a year ago

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Kodiak Island Borough layoffs

No layoff notices naming Kodiak Island 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.

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Employers hiring most in Kodiak Island 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. 02 Walsh Construction Company II1 open role
  2. 86 Walsh Federal1 open role
  3. Ameresco1 open role
  4. BRPH1 open role
  5. Kodiak Community Health Center1 open role
  6. Providence Hall1 open role
  7. The Walsh Group1 open role
  8. Tutor Perini1 open role
  9. U.S. Coast Guard1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Kodiak Island 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).

  • Kodiak Job Center

    Kodiak · Affiliate · 907-486-3105

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

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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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