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Sitka City and Borough, AK jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Sitka City and Borough’s unemployment rate is 2.7%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 9 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Sitka City and Borough economy

  • 2.7%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    2.4% the month before

  • 4,694

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 8,393

    people in Sitka City and Borough

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $101,207

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Sitka City and 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 9.8% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 1.3% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 2.7%, up 0.3 points from a year ago

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Sitka City and Borough layoffs

No layoff notices naming Sitka City and 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 Sitka City and 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. Albertsons Companies1 open role
  2. Argyle Infotech1 open role
  3. Delta Companies1 open role
  4. Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology1 open role
  5. Mind Rift1 open role
  6. Reliant Staffing Solutions1 open role
  7. Safeway1 open role
  8. Searhc1 open role
  9. TC Energy1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Sitka City and 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).

  • Sitka Job Center

    Sitka · Affiliate · 907-747-6921

    Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 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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