Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate continues to creep up and was at 7.2 percent in August. This is two-tenths of a percent higher than the rate in July and much higher than the national rate of 4.4 percent.
Employment continues to drop and preliminary numbers show a loss of 4,800 jobs in August, compared to August last year. Most job losses were from industries related to oil and gas. Industries that saw an increase over last year are health care, local and federal government. Anchorage and Mat-Su saw the largest decrease in jobs, losing 3,100 jobs over last year. The Northern Region, which includes the North Slope lost 1,000 jobs during the same time frame.
August still has strong tourism, fishing and construction numbers and low unemployment numbers for those census areas.
Complete employment numbers are located at the State of Alaska’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development website.
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