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Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Kenai Peninsula Borough’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 17 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Kenai Peninsula Borough economy

  • 3.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.6% the month before

  • 30,147

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 59,843

    people in Kenai Peninsula Borough

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $77,722

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Kenai Peninsula Borough layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Kenai Peninsula Borough in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Kenai Peninsula Borough

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Kenaitze Indian Tribe3 open roles
  2. Albertsons Companies2 open roles
  3. Builders FirstSource2 open roles
  4. Central Peninsula Hospital2 open roles
  5. Alaska SeaLife Center1 open role
  6. City Of Homer Alaska1 open role
  7. Crescent Electric Supply1 open role
  8. Federal Aviation Administration1 open role
  9. Homer Electric Association1 open role
  10. O'Reilly Auto Parts1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Homer Job Center

    Homer · Affiliate

    Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • Peninsula Job Center

    Kenai · Comprehensive · 907-335-3000

    Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Kenai Peninsula Borough

Other Alaska counties

All of Alaska

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Alaska’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.