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Alaska jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Alaska’s unemployment rate is 4.3%. 363 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 1 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

Alaska economy

  • 4.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.6% the month before

  • 366,259

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 733,971

    people in Alaska

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $89,336

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 39%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Alaska layoffs

  • 1

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 160

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 1

    employer

WARN notices filed in Alaska, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
RNDC Shared Services LLCTakes effect Sep 4, 2026Juneau160—State record

All layoff notices in the state

Get an email when a new notice is filed for Alaska

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Employers hiring most in Alaska

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. Doyon Management Services16 open roles
  2. Norton Sound Health14 open roles
  3. Pacific Air Forces10 open roles
  4. GCI7 open roles
  5. United States Army Installation Management Command7 open roles
  6. Builders FirstSource6 open roles
  7. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers6 open roles
  8. Anchorage School District5 open roles
  9. Kinross Gold5 open roles
  10. National Park Service5 open roles
  11. Providence5 open roles
  12. Amazon4 open roles

Higher education in Alaska

  • 6

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 31,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Alaska

Largest colleges in Alaska
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of Alaska AnchorageAnchoragePublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanksPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
University of Alaska SoutheastJuneauPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Alaska Bible CollegePalmerPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Alaska Pacific UniversityAnchoragePrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Ilisagvik CollegeBarrowPublic 4-yearUnder 1,000

All 6 Alaska colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Alaska. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

14 American Job Centers in Alaska

Job fairs and business events in Alaska

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Alaska.

Conferences in Alaska

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Alaska, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 3 with dates announced.

All conferences

Alaska counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Alaska cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in Alaska?

See what to do first, what Alaska unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from Alaska’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Alaska unemployment benefits.