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News Releases:

Sep
11

Consumer Price Index, Anchorage area – August 2020

Prices in the Anchorage area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.8 percent for the two months ending in August 2020.

Sep
11

Consumer Price Index, West Region — August 2020

Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.3 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today

Aug
20

Business Employment Dynamics in Alaska – Fourth Quarter 2019

From September 2019 to December 2019, gross job gains from private-sector establishments in Alaska were 25,548, while gross job losses were 25,427.

Alaska Economy at a Glance:

Alaska
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Data		 Mar
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2020		 May
2020		 June
2020		 July
2020		 Aug
2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 344.3 339.2 333.4 343.6 341.0 (p)329.0

Employment(1)

 326.3 293.4 291.0 300.9 301.3 (p)304.7

Unemployment(1)

 18.0 45.8 42.4 42.7 39.7 (p)24.4

Unemployment Rate(2)

 5.2 13.5 12.7 12.4 11.6 (p)7.4

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 325.7 281.3 287.6 291.8 291.7 (p)296.5

12-month % change

 -1.3 -14.7 -12.5 -11.6 -11.8 (p)-10.1

Mining and Logging(3)

 13.1 11.9 12.2 12.4 12.0 (p)12.1

12-month % change

 -0.8 -10.5 -8.3 -7.5 -10.4 (p)-10.4

Construction(3)

 16.4 13.3 14.8 14.9 14.4 (p)14.5

12-month % change

 0.0 -19.4 -11.4 -8.6 -11.1 (p)-10.5

Manufacturing(3)

 11.6 10.8 11.0 10.1 9.3 (p)9.0

12-month % change

 -8.7 -15.6 -14.1 -23.5 -30.1 (p)-32.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 65.9 60.1 59.5 59.8 58.8 (p)59.2

12-month % change

 1.5 -7.0 -7.5 -7.3 -9.1 (p)-7.9

Information(3)

 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.9 (p)4.9

12-month % change

 -3.7 -1.9 -5.7 -9.3 -7.5 (p)-7.5

Financial Activities(3)

 11.6 11.0 11.4 10.9 11.8 (p)11.9

12-month % change

 -0.9 -5.2 -2.6 -7.6 0.9 (p)1.7

Professional & Business Services(3)

 27.3 25.4 25.9 26.0 25.4 (p)25.4

12-month % change

 -1.1 -9.0 -6.2 -5.8 -8.3 (p)-8.3

Education & Health Services(3)

 50.0 44.6 45.4 47.0 47.1 (p)47.5

12-month % change

 -1.2 -12.4 -10.6 -7.5 -7.1 (p)-6.3

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

 34.4 17.9 21.5 23.8 24.5 (p)24.0

12-month % change

 -4.7 -50.1 -40.3 -34.1 -32.1 (p)-33.5

Other Services(3)

 10.8 8.1 9.4 9.8 9.3 (p)9.4

12-month % change

 -1.8 -25.7 -14.5 -10.9 -17.0 (p)-15.3

Government(3)

 79.4 73.0 71.5 72.2 74.2 (p)78.6

12-month % change

 -1.1 -9.0 -9.5 -9.9 -7.6 (p)-1.5

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary
Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Western Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2020
Western - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2020
Western - Employment Cost Index Benefits, Pay Table Sep 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Anchorage — May 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Apr 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Fairbanks — May 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Apr 2020
Union Members in Alaska – 2019 Employment News Release Feb 2020
County Employment and Wages in Alaska – Second Quarter 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Jan 2020
Women’s Earnings in Alaska – 2018 Pay News Release Jan 2020
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization, Alaska – 2019 Unemployment News Release Mar 2020
Consumer Price Index, West Region — August 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2020
CPI Historical Table - Anchorage, AK Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2019
CPI Historical Table - Anchorage, AK (old base) Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2019
Consumer Price Index, Anchorage area – August 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2020
Anchorage Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Aug 2020
Business Employment Dynamics in Alaska – Fourth Quarter 2019 Employment News Release Aug 2020
Fatal Work Injuries in Alaska – 2018 Workplace fatalities News Release Feb 2020
Alaska Labor Market Outlook, September 29, 2016, Anchorage, AK N/A Factsheet Sep 2016
Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses in Alaska – 2018 Workplace injuries and illnesses News Release Feb 2020
Consumer Expenditures for the Anchorage Metropolitan Area: 2017–18 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2019
2018 CPI Geographic Revision Fact Sheet Consumer price indexes Factsheet Mar 2018
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average Consumer price indexes Factsheet Mar 2020
Consumer Price Index Data Tables Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2019