Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Ketchikan Gateway Borough’s unemployment rate is 2.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Ketchikan Gateway Borough economy

2.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.2% the month before
8,146
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
13,870
people in Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$89,155
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Ketchikan Gateway Borough layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Ketchikan Gateway 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 Ketchikan Gateway 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.

Ketchikan Indian Community4 open roles
Albertsons Companies1 open role
AO Garcia Agency1 open role
E.C. Phillips & Son1 open role
proHNS1 open role
Safeway1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Alaska Workforce Investment Board
Serves all of Alaska

Ketchikan Job Center
Ketchikan · Comprehensive · 907-225-3181
Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Ketchikan4 jobs

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.