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 ...

As Alaska’s population of working-age adults shrinks, according to economists, other demographic groups have become bigger segments of the labor force: seniors and teenagers. Residents who are 65 and ...

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 has finally regained the jobs it lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new report from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development shows the state has rebounded in jobs and wages, ...

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 COVID-19 pandemic sent the U.S. unemployment rate up to a post Great Depression high of 14.7% in April 2020. Though the jobless rate has since fallen back below 4%, the U.S. job market is far from ...

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, ...