Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Palmer on May 30, 2025. (Amy Bushatz/Mat-Su Sentinel) The Don Young Alaska Job Corps Center in Palmer on May 30, 2025. (Photo by ...

Unemployment in Alaska stood at 4.8 percent in January while federal job cuts held overall employment growth in 2025 to 0.1 percent.

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 ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska had about 6,700 more jobs last month than a year earlier but jobs in most sectors had not recovered to pre-pandemic levels, the state labor department reported Friday.

As a student, I was very nervous about job stability and unemployment after graduating from college. I decided to take a job across the country in Alaska because I thought it would help my career. It ...