Employment in Alaska’s construction industry had not yet returned to pre-COVID-19 levels as of the end of 2022, even though the industry was damaged less during the pandemic than the state’s economy ...

Alaska is expected to have moderate job growth in 2025, with the construction and oil and gas sectors forecast to be the big winners and seafood processing seen as the biggest loser. Statewide job ...

Unemployment in Alaska held steady at 4.7 percent in November, the first new figures after federal data collection halted in October.

Alaska is expected gain 5,400 jobs in 2024, an increase of 1.7% over the past year and enough to nudge total state employment above 2019 levels for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in ...

Alaska job openings spiked to 40,000 in the summer of 2022, according to a new report published in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s Alaska Economics Trends magazine. In a state of ...

The trans-Alaska pipeline is seen on Sept. 19, 2022, in Fairbanks. This portion of the pipeline is 450 miles south of Prudhoe Bay and has a visitor pullout. Expanded development is expected to bring ...

New homes in varying stages of construction are seen on Monday in southwest Anchorage neighborhood. Alaska's construction employment had not bounced back to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2022, ...